Georgia / Executive Director
Role across Georgia
Executive Director
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
177 people hold the Executive Director role across 62 departments in Georgia, with a median total compensation of $101,500. Among 16 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Georgia ranks #12 by median pay.
- Employees
- 177
- Median pay
- $101,500
- Departments
- 62
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #12 of 16
Compared with the local labor market
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 $103,745 for this role, 50% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Georgia sits in the local pay range
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 52% below that national figure, about the 18th 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 164 of 177 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Georgia is $101,500, 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
Executive Director pay in other jurisdictions
Where Executive Directors are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Executive Director roles 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
Departments in Georgia employing the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.