Executive Director

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. DHS Department of Human Services pays a median base salary of $31,317 for this role, 89% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at DHS Department of Human Services is $31,317, 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.

Executive Director is held in 12 City of Philadelphia departments. In DHS Department of Human Services, the median of $31,317 ranks #7 of 12.

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 →

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