Georgia / World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia / Chief Financial Officer
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employee holds this title in World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $331,581, above the department median of $13,644.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 4,080 people — is $208,180. World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia pays a median base salary of $331,581 for this role, 59% above that figure — about the 68th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia’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. World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia’s median base salary is 55% above that national figure, about the 71st 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 World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia is $331,581, 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
Chief Financial Officer is held in 7 Georgia departments. In World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia, the median of $331,581 ranks #2 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Chief Financial Officer role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $195,149 ranks #2 of 8. See Chief Financial Officer across all of Georgia →
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.
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Chief Financial Officer/World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia
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At World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia, Janet Finlayson serves as a Chief Financial Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $331,581.