Georgia / Student Finance Commission, Georgia / Accountant 2
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
2 employees hold this title in Student Finance Commission, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $48,692, below the department median of $55,087.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 44,020 people — is $81,900. Student Finance Commission, Georgia pays a median base salary of $35,646 for this role, 56% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Student Finance Commission, Georgia’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. Student Finance Commission, Georgia’s median base salary is 57% below that national figure, below the 10th 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.
Computed over the 6 of 7 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Student Finance Commission, Georgia is $35,162, 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
Accountant 2 is held in 17 Georgia departments. In Student Finance Commission, Georgia, the median of $48,692 ranks #12 of 17.
Median total compensation for the Accountant 2 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 38 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $57,200 ranks #26 of 38. See Accountant across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Accountantroles 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
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Accountant 2/Student Finance Commission, Georgia
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Charnell Harris is a Accountant 2 at Student Finance Commission, Georgia. 2025 total compensation came to $67,759.
Accountant 2/Student Finance Commission, Georgia
At Student Finance Commission, Georgia, Charlotte Cunningham serves as a Accountant 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $29,624.