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Program Administrator

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

1 employee holds this title in Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community. Median total compensation for the role is $87,357, above the department median of $62,589.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$87.4K
Role median
$87,357
Agency median
$62,589
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Program Administrator pay vs. Florida

Across all employers in Florida, the median wage for Instructional Coordinators — about 18,030 people — is $60,790. Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community pays a median base salary of $87,357 for this role, 44% above that figure — about the 82nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$44,900
$49,230
$60,790
$77,550
$98,440
Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community median · $87,357

The bar is the range of annual wages for Instructional Coordinators across every employer in Florida, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Instructional Coordinators — about 227,760 people — is $77,440. Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community’s median base salary is 13% above that national figure, about the 62nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$47,980
$60,780
$77,440
$98,820
$121,670
Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community median · $87,357

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 Florida range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community is $87,357, 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

This role across Florida

Program Administrator is held in 11 Florida departments. In Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community, the median of $87,357 ranks #4 of 11.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Program Administrator role in other Floridadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Program Administrator beyond Florida

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Florida, the median of $91,404 ranks #2 of 5. See Program Administrator across all of Florida →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Utah
$84,872 · 253
Georgia
$76,960 · 55
Missouri
$47,062 · 5

Median total compensation for comparable Program Administrator 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.

Same department

Other job titles in Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community

Record list

Employees with this title

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Thomas Matthews

Program Administrator/Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community

2026 total comp
$87,357
Sub-department
Fish/Wildlife Research Ins
Base pay
$87,357
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$87,357
Hire date
1989-10-09
Employment type
Salaried
Middle name
R

Source-specific fields

Class Code
8841
Position Number
070357

Thomas Matthews is a Program Administrator at Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community within Fish/Wildlife Research Ins. Their tenure dates to 1989, about 37 years, working salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $87,357.