Assistant Executive Director

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

2 people hold the Assistant Executive Director role across 2 departments in Georgia, with a median total compensation of $90,570.

Employees: 2
Median pay: $90,570
Departments: 2
Cross-jurisdiction: —

Compared with the local labor market

Assistant Executive Director pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 4,080 people — is $208,180. Georgia pays a median base salary of $90,570 for this role, 56% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Georgia sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$57,290

$109,290

$208,180

$378,450

$517,910

Georgia median · $90,570

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 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. Georgia’s median base salary is 58% below that national figure, about the 14th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$75,700

$129,540

$213,990

$356,200

$507,730

Georgia median · $90,570

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 Georgia is $90,570, 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

Assistant Executive Director pay in other jurisdictions

Where Assistant Executive Directors are paid most

New York City

$178,054 · 13

Florida

$107,323 · 8

Cook County, Illinois

$15,908 · 8

Median total compensation for comparable Assistant Executive Directorroles 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.

Within Georgia

Departments with this role

Largest Georgia departments for this role

Southern Georgia Regional Commission

1 · $99,647

Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts

1 · $81,494

Departments in Georgiaemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.