City of Pittsburgh / Chief Financial Officer
Role across City of Pittsburgh
Chief Financial Officer
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 people hold the Chief Financial Officer role across 1 department in City of Pittsburgh, with a median total compensation of $110,516.
- Employees
- 1
- Median pay
- $110,516
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
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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 Executives — about 1,660 people — is $216,060. City of Pittsburgh pays a median base salary of $98,069 for this role, 55% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City of Pittsburgh sits in the local pay range
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 City of Pittsburgh’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. City of Pittsburgh’s median base salary is 54% below that national figure, about the 16th 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 Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at City of Pittsburgh 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 pay in other jurisdictions
Where Chief Financial Officers are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Chief Financial Officer roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.