Georgia / Student Finance Authority, Georgia / Systems Architect
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Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Student Finance Authority, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $73,148, above the department median of $26,332.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Computer Occupations, All Other — about 20,630 people — is $104,610. Student Finance Authority, Georgia pays a median base salary of $73,148 for this role, 30% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Computer Occupations, All Other across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Student Finance Authority, Georgia’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Computer Occupations, All Other — about 435,370 people — is $116,580. Student Finance Authority, Georgia’s median base salary is 37% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Student Finance Authority, Georgia is $73,148, 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
Systems Architect is held in 5 Georgia departments. In Student Finance Authority, Georgia, the median of $73,148 ranks #3 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Systems Architect role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $74,136 ranks #4 of 4. See Systems Architect across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Systems Architect 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.
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Systems Architect/Student Finance Authority, Georgia
Steven Bales is a Systems Architect at Student Finance Authority, Georgia. 2025 total compensation came to $73,148.