Compared with the local labor market
Executive Director pay vs. the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area
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. Chief Executive Officer Community Empowerment Office pays a median base salary of $43,748 for this role, 85% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Chief Executive Officer Community Empowerment Office sits in the local pay range
$124,800
$181,280
$292,770
$450,160
$546,180
Chief Executive Officer Community Empowerment Office median · $43,748
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 Chief Executive Officer Community Empowerment 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. Chief Executive Officer Community Empowerment Office’s median base salary is 80% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$75,700
$129,540
$213,990
$356,200
$507,730
Chief Executive Officer Community Empowerment Office median · $43,748
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 Chief Executive Officer Community Empowerment Office is $63,924, 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
Executive Director beyond City of Philadelphia
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 →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
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.