Georgia · 2025 pay · 176 people
How much does an executive director make in Georgia?
$101,687typical pay for a executive director in 2025
$82,508 – $140,312what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 2.2% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Georgia Dept. of Audits and Accounts · Matches the agency's latest release · audits.ga.gov ↗
Where executive directors work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Technical College System of Georgia21 people$124,864
- Gwinnett Technical College13 people$96,827
- Department of Community Health12 people$136,785
- Central Georgia Technical College10 people$101,136
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College8 people$43,829
- Southern Crescent Technical College7 people$81,000
- West Georgia Technical College7 people$80,380
- Department of Public Health6 people$96,250
- Wiregrass Georgia Technical College6 people$76,005
- Chattahoochee Technical College6 people$97,301
- Coastal Pines Technical College6 people$83,849
- Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities5 people$167,000
- Department of Public Safety4 people$125,097
- Savannah Technical College4 people$94,900
- Albany Technical College3 people$82,045
- Athens Technical College3 people$88,000
- Ogeechee Technical College3 people$75,880
- Department of Audits and Accounts2 people$176,283
- Prosecuting Attorneys' Council2 people$168,167
- Georgia Northwestern Technical College2 people$101,966
- Georgia Seed Development Commission2 people$211,777
- Columbus Technical College2 people$51,472
- Atlanta Technical College2 people$94,384
- Southern Regional Technical College2 people$95,655
- Oconee Fall Line Technical College1 person$74,393
- Georgia Student Finance Commission1 person$112,949
- Judicial Council1 person$115,000
- Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts1 person$150,000
- Heart of Georgia-Altamaha Regional Commission1 person$156,613
- Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia1 person$294,234
- State Board of Workers' Compensation1 person$179,292
- Southern Georgia Regional Commission1 person$164,969
- Magistrates' Retirement Fund of Georgia1 person$13,200
- Jekyll Island Authority1 person$310,710
- Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority1 person$170,981
- State Board of Pardons and Paroles1 person$159,510
- Department of Agriculture1 person$108,956
- Georgia Public Defender Council1 person$185,212
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation1 person$156,892
- Southwest Georgia Regional Commission1 person$141,899
- Southeastern Technical College1 person$86,635
- Augusta Technical College1 person$53,206
- Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia1 person$24,000
- Georgia Commission on the Holocaust1 person$114,009
- Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia1 person$22,693
- Department of Insurance1 person$303,000
- Atlanta Regional Commission1 person$419,939
- Georgia Development Authority1 person$140,240
- Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority1 person$142,592
- Georgia World Congress Center Authority1 person$632,054
- Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority1 person$205,000
- River Valley Regional Commission1 person$131,548
- Northeast Georgia Regional Commission1 person$72,920
- Georgia Environmental Finance Authority1 person$174,525
- Department of Early Care and Learning1 person$105,000
- Middle Georgia Regional Commission1 person$216,541
- Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency1 person$180,000
- Superior Courts1 person$134,950
- State Accounting Office1 person$169,000
- Department of Human Services1 person$101,875
- Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Georgia1 person$127,449
- Central Savannah River Area Regional Commission1 person$223,698
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Highest-paid executive directors, 2025
- 1Joe PoeExecutive Director · Georgia World Congress Center Authority$632,054
- 2Annamatesha RoachExecutive Director · Atlanta Regional Commission$419,939
- 3Mark Prescott WilliamsExecutive Director · Jekyll Island Authority$310,710
- 4Cheryl Suellen Smith GardnerExecutive Director · Department of Insurance$303,000
- 5Lorelle C EvansExecutive Director · Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia$294,234
Common questions
How much does an executive director make in Georgia?
The typical executive director was paid $101,687 in 2025; most earned between $82,508 and $140,312. This counts all 176 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Executive Director, at any level (for example "Executive Director"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this