Franklin County, Ohio / Engineer's Office / Chief Financial Officer
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in Engineer's Office. Median total compensation for the role is $80,817, above the department median of $37,642.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Columbus, OH area, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 1,160 people — is $162,910. Engineer's Office pays a median base salary of $76,800 for this role, 53% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in the Columbus, OH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Engineer's Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 204,350 people — is $213,990. Engineer's Office’s median base salary is 64% below that national figure, about the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Columbus, OH range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Engineer's Office is $80,817, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. See Chief Financial Officer across all of Franklin County, Ohio →
Median total compensation for comparable Chief Financial Officer roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Chief Financial Officer/Engineer's Office
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Brent Welch holds the role of Chief Financial Officer at Engineer's Office. Their status is full-time permanent. In 2026, their total compensation was $80,817.