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City of Pittsburgh / Office of Management and Budge / Chief Financial Officer

Job-title file

Chief Financial Officer

Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.

1 employees hold this title in Office of Management and Budge. Median total compensation for the role is $110,516, above the department median of $11,700.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$110.5K
Role median
$110,516
Agency median
$11,700
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Chief Financial Officer pay vs. the Pittsburgh, PA area

Across all employers in the Pittsburgh, PA area, the median wage for Chief Executivesabout 1,660 people is $216,060. Office of Management and Budge pays a median base salary of $98,069 for this role, 55% below that figurebelow the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Office of Management and Budge sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$117,930
$160,620
$216,060
$353,800
$543,370
Office of Management and Budge median · $98,069

The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in the Pittsburgh, PA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Office of Management and Budge’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executivesabout 204,350 people is $213,990. Office of Management and Budge’s median base salary is 54% below that national figure, about the 16th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$75,700
$129,540
$213,990
$356,200
$507,730
Office of Management and Budge median · $98,069

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 Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Office of Management and Budge is $110,516, 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

Chief Financial Officer beyond City of Pittsburgh

This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. See Chief Financial Officer across all of City of Pittsburgh

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

California
$231,443 · 8
Georgia
$195,149 · 8
Vermont
$137,176 · 7
Metro Nashville
$68,514 · 9
Rhode Island
$38,057 · 20

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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Samuel Ashbaugh

Chief Financial Officer/Office of Management and Budge

2018 total comp
$110,516
Sub-department
Office of Mgmt. and Budget
Base pay
$98,069
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$7,344
Benefits
$5,103
Total compensation
$110,516
Hire date
2014-05-19
Union / bargaining unit
Non-Union

Source-specific fields

Date Terminated
Sep 14, 2018
Employment Status
Full-Time
Home Cost Center
102200
Socrata Entity Number
625322
Total Taxes
7344.21

Samuel Ashbaugh is a Chief Financial Officer at Office of Management and Budge within Office of Management and Budget. Hired in 2014, they have about 4 years of service. 2018 total compensation came to $110,516. Their bargaining unit is Non-Union.