City of Philadelphia / Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer / Executive Director
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
2 employees hold this title in Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer. Median total compensation for the role is $38,805, above the department median of $16,082.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 4,120 people — is $292,770. Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer pays a median base salary of $38,805 for this role, 87% 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer’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. Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer’s median base salary is 82% below that national figure, below 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer is $38,805, 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 departments
Executive Director is held in 12 City of Philadelphia departments. In Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer, the median of $38,805 ranks #6 of 12.
Median total compensation for the Executive Director role in other City of Philadelphiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In City of Philadelphia, the median of $30,900 ranks #15 of 16. See Executive Director across all of City of Philadelphia →
Median total compensation for comparable Executive Director 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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Record list
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Executive Director/Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer
Source-specific fields
Carol De Fries holds the role of Executive Director at Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer. Their status is salaried. In 2026, their total compensation was $47,127.
Executive Director/Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer
Source-specific fields
Adrienne Moore is a Executive Director at Cao Office of Chief Administrative Officer. They work salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $30,483.