Financial Administrator and Programmer - Federal Salaries of 2022

Pay Rates for "Financial Administrator and Programmer"

How much does a Financial Administrator and Programmer in the federal government get paid? $102,286.73* *Based on the 2022 average.

13,477 EMPLOYEES

$1.33B TOTAL SALARY

GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE

Financial Administrator and Programmer was the 27th most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2022, with 13,477 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.

In 2022, the Internal Revenue Service hired the most employees titled Financial Administration And Program, with an average salary of $95,078.

Government Financial Administration And Program jobs are classified under the General Schedule (GS) payscale. The minimum paygrade for a Financial Administration And Program job is GS-4, and the highest paygrade that can be attained within this job series is GS-15. Remember that the starting and maximum yearly pay listed above reflect base pay only - your actual salary will be higher based on the Locality Pay Adjustment for the area in which you work.

Job Description

Administrative and Management positions have a wide range of responsibilities. Management does not refer specifically to supervisors who directly manage organizations or teams. Rather jobs in this category deal with managing systems or processes such as finances, security systems, training programs, or marketing. For employees in this job category, promotions are typically given 2 grade increments at a time until GS-12 is reached.

Agencies that have hired a Financial Administrator and Programmer

Agency	Employees Hired	Average Salary
Internal Revenue Service	4,265	$95,078.05
Veterans Health Administration	733	$80,554.58
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance	533	$75,388.93
Bureau of the Fiscal Service	499	$95,917.35
Federal Emergency Management Agency	412	$98,210.61
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	321	$88,394.81
Veterans Benefits Administration	309	$77,105.56
Federal Bureau of Investigation	283	$124,359.24
Department of State	235	$116,219.54
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	232	$107,667.60
Federal Aviation Administration	215	$103,594.33
Forest Service	205	$82,017.21
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (General Services Administration)	200	$120,834.01
Goddard Space Flight Center	198	$118,860.43
Transportation Security Administration	187	$109,055.75
Social Security Administration	177	$121,706.23
Federal Highway Administration	155	$102,399.79
Environmental Protection Agency	142	$109,299.35
Department of Energy	138	$120,544.88
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	137	$126,870.31
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	128	$181,674.25
Customs and Border Protection	127	$147,861.33
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	125	$113,900.81
Drug Enforcement Administration	114	$117,912.51
U.S. Coast Guard	107	$102,402.75
Fpac Business Center	107	$103,465.93
Offices, Boards and Divisions	103	$131,810.29
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Agriculture)	100	$95,106.84
National Institutes of Health	91	$119,926.86
National Park Service	83	$94,552.25
Geological Survey	76	$108,136.24
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	73	$112,602.53
U.S. Marshals Service	72	$89,455.99
U.S. Secret Service	71	$111,024.16
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner	66	$111,626.77
Immigration and Customs Enforcement	63	$134,701.72
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	63	$95,152.62
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection	60	$114,379.38
Food and Drug Administration	56	$118,776.77
U.S. Agency for International Development	54	$120,453.28
Office of Secretary of Transportation	53	$138,461.15
Office Secretary Health and Human Services	51	$137,928.80
Bureau of Land Management	50	$79,804.32
Government Printing Office	49	$113,563.20
Natural Resources Conservation Service	49	$98,400.84
Office of Personnel Management	49	$116,926.88
Rural Housing Service	48	$83,622.21
Food Safety and Inspection Service	47	$91,256.36
Indian Health Service	46	$102,686.72
Administration for Children and Families	46	$113,133.22
Citizenship and Immigration Services	46	$116,328.89
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	46	$88,555.59
Small Business Administration	45	$131,581.07
Bureau of Reclamation	44	$89,040.86
	40	$80,576.98
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters	39	$134,588.54
Departmental Offices	39	$149,137.64
U.S. Trustee Program	37	$146,428.35
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Labor)	36	$106,202.39
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	35	$129,838.17
Securities and Exchange Commission	35	$170,561.31
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	34	$143,728.00
Bureau of the Census	33	$115,609.24
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust)	32	$115,915.41
Health Resources and Services Administration	31	$142,220.71
Patent and Trademark Office	31	$138,064.77
National Institute of Standards and Technology	31	$79,285.35
Peace Corps	31	$105,296.29
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs	30	$103,402.23
National Credit Union Administration	29	$23,750.00
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	29	$108,616.03
National Science Foundation	27	$154,697.56
Indian Affairs	23	$85,185.61
Corporation for National and Community Service	22	$104,285.23
Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs	21	$118,408.90
Office of Comptroller of Currency	21	$145,093.71
Science and Technology Directorate	21	$111,219.10
Agricultural Research Service	21	$118,157.05
Federal Communications Commission	19	$144,650.79
Agricultural Marketing Service	18	$108,533.22
Federal Acquisition Service	18	$92,757.17
Langley Research Center	18	$135,569.22
Federal Housing Finance Agency	18	$166,532.83
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	17	$150,929.47
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives	17	$110,342.50
Office of Administration	16	$116,423.25
Program Support Center	16	$143,856.94
Railroad Retirement Board	16	$132,793.06
Maritime Administration	16	$116,892.81
Broadcasting Board of Governors	15	$113,488.07
Dryden Flight Research Center	15	$111,307.60
Office of Management and Budget	15	$153,158.60
National Institute of Food & Agriculture	14	$93,021.29
Food and Nutrition Service	14	$142,238.07
Ames Research Center	14	$125,907.57
National Protection and Programs Directorate	14	$118,046.93
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office	14	$119,441.93
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	14	$134,005.64
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management	14	$117,671.07
	13	$96,625.46
Headquarters, Nasa	13	$148,841.46
Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and the Office of U.s Attorneys	11	$137,729.50
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	11	$122,968.91
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board	11	$134,544.91
Millennium Challenge Corporation	11	$181,749.36
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing	10	$120,495.10
Federal Student Aid	10	$164,352.80
Department of Veterans Affairs	10	$152,974.90
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	10	$113,936.20
Executive Office for Immigration Review	9	$104,899.11
Office of the Director	9	$116,839.89
U.S. Mint	9	$142,729.89
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement	8	$96,762.25
Export-Import Bank of the United States	8	$138,446.75
Federal Transit Administration	8	$121,287.50
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	7	$146,126.71
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southwest	7	$81,619.57
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center	7	$108,263.29
Federal Railroad Administration	7	$136,121.43
Employment and Training Administration	6	$146,702.67
National Endowment for the Humanities	6	$91,388.00
Bureau of Economic Analysis	6	$154,942.17
National Gallery of Art	6	$164,544.50
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	6	$127,889.00
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	6	$117,501.83
Federal Election Commission	5	$115,693.40
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Justice)	5	$124,674.60
Bureau of Labor Statistics	5	$108,616.40
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Service	5	$147,271.60
National Cemetery Administration	5	$120,240.00
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field	5	$153,031.20
National Telecommunications and Information Administration	5	$139,705.80
Trade and Development Agency	4	$114,357.25
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council	4	$114,286.25
Office of Administrative Services	4	$132,564.25
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Interior)	4	$130,231.75
John F. Kennedy Space Center	4	$119,704.75
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	4	$0.00
Bureau of Engraving and Printing	3	$145,516.33
General Counsel (Department of Veterans Affairs)	3	$106,247.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary Security & Law Enforcement	3	$108,841.33
Office of General Counsel (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	3	$155,677.67
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Interior)	3	$136,666.33
Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement	3	$126,516.33
Federal Maritime Commission	3	$115,615.33
Office of Communications (Department of Agriculture)	3	$133,427.33
Office of Budget and Program Analysis	3	$193,237.67
Federal Labor Relations Authority	3	$147,129.67
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	3	$135,884.00
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	3	$93,857.00
Farm Credit Administration	3	$97,948.67
Pretrial Services Agency	3	$119,391.33
Federal Trade Commission	3	$145,868.67
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	3	$133,863.33
National Archives and Records Administration	3	$104,052.67
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative	3	$130,996.00
Administration for Community Living	3	$91,632.67
Office of Inspector General (Department of Health and Human Services)	3	$188,753.33
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals	3	$135,726.33
Office of Inspector General (Federal Housing Finance Agency)	3	$164,623.00
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum	2	$146,373.50
American Battle Monuments Commission	2	$93,152.50
Office of the Chief Information Officer (Department of Agriculture)	2	$112,738.50
Institute of Museum and Library Services	2	$137,165.00
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	2	$223,770.50
Immediate Office of Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	2	$152,243.50
Office of Senior Coordinator for New York/New Jersey	2	$117,458.00
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development	2	$118,308.50
Office of the Chief Information Officer (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	2	$170,201.00
National Mediation Board	2	$146,902.50
Armed Forces Retirement Home	2	$163,889.50
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	2	$132,874.50
U.S. International Trade Commission	2	$87,439.00
Office of Justice Programs	2	$165,564.50
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Labor)	2	$135,625.50
Mine Safety and Health Administration	2	$101,298.00
Employee Benefits Security Administration	2	$170,201.00
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Labor)	2	$168,097.00
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	2	$87,839.00
Denali Commission	2	$118,278.50
Chemical Safety/Hazard Investigation Board	2	$148,249.00
Presidio Trust	2	$176,516.00
Office of General Services Administration Innovative Technologies	2	$152,318.00
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	1	$89,834.00
Office of Labor-Management Standards	1	$110,798.00
Veterans Employment and Training Service	1	$164,102.00
Wage and Hour Division	1	$173,232.00
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	1	$176,300.00
Public Buildings Service	1	$143,064.00
Office of the Chief Human Capital Office	1	$61,947.00
Government National Mortgage Association	1	$158,383.00
International-American Foundation	1	$77,447.00
Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency	1	$110,384.00
National Council on Disability	1	$138,856.00
National Labor Relations Board	1	$163,333.00
Foreign Agricultural Service	1	$173,232.00
Departmental Administration	1	$140,618.00
African Development Foundation	1	$97,829.00
Architectural & Transportation Barrier Compliance Board	1	$164,102.00
Economic Development Administration	1	$168,825.00
International Trade Administration	1	$176,300.00
Minority Business Development Agency	1	$176,300.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Commerce)	1	$176,300.00
Office of the Committee for Purchase from People Blind	1	$173,232.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Homeland Security)	1	$121,065.00
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers	1	$170,532.00
John C. Stennis Space Center	1	$100,664.00
National Capital Planning Commission	1	$92,829.00
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission	1	$176,300.00
Consumer Product Safety Commission	1	$80,532.00
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	1	$81,732.00
Pipeline/Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	1	$173,232.00
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program	1	$176,300.00
Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration	1	$176,300.00
Office of Science and Technology Policy	1	$128,187.00
	1	$164,102.00
Electronic Health Record Modernization	1	$163,333.00
Office of Enterprise Operations	1	$128,187.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics	1	$151,479.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	1	$117,505.00

Financial Administrator and Programmer Pay Distribution

The average pay for a Financial Administrator and Programmer is $102,286.73. The highest paid Financial Administrator and Programmer made $291,773 in 2022.

Common Financial Administrator and Programmer Payscales

Payscale	Number of Financial Administration And Program Employees
GS - General Schedule	11,353
IR - Internal Revenue Service Broadband Classification And Pay System Positions Only	551
IC - Employees Holding Incident Management Cadre Of On-call Response/recovery Employees(core)positions	243
FV - Federal Aviation Administration Core Compensation Plan	203
SV - Transportation Security Administration Employees Other Than Executives	184
ZA - Administrative	160
GL - Gs Employees In Grades 3 Through 10 Paid A Law Enforcement Officer Special Base Rate	137
CG - Corporate Graded	96
ES - Senior Executive Service	65
CN - Bureau Of Consumer Financial Protect(cfpb) Independent Agcy Within The Fed Res Syst(use By Cfpb Only)	60
IM - Employees Holding Incident Management Positions And Appointed And Compensated Under Section 306(b)(1)	57
PG - Printing Office Grades	49
FP - Foreign Service Personnel	45
GG - Grades Similar To General Schedule	40
SK - Non-supervisorty Postions Employed By The Securities And Exchange Commission (sec) And Formerly Under Gs Pay	35
CM - Fdic Supervisory And Managerial Positions Below The Executive Level Only	27
NB - Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Only	21
NY - All Other Positions In The Corporation For National And Community Service, P.l. 103-82, Subtitle G, Section	20
EL - Non-executive Positions At The Federal Housing Finance Agency	19
CU - Credit Union Employees	16
SL - Senior Level Positions	14
SS - Senior Staff Positions	13
IT - Employees Appointed And Compensated Under Section 306(b)(1) Of The Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief	12
FG - Similar To The General Schedule	12
MC - Employees Of The Millennium Challenge Corporation Appointed Under Public Law 108-199 Only.	11
AD - Administratively Determined Rates, Not Elsewhere Specified	8
NQ - Employees In The National Nuclear Secuirty Administration's Professional, Technical, And Admin Career Path	7
EM - Fdic Executive-level Positions Only	5
SW - Transportation Security Administration Executives	3
VH - Professional, Administrative, And Managerial	3
LL - Executives At The Federal Housing Finance Agency	2
NX - Executive-level And Managerial Positions In The Corporation For National And Community Service, P.l. 103-82	2
CT - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Positions Previously Defined Under Pay Plan Codes Ad, Es, Gm, And Gs	2
ED - Expert (5 U.s.c. 3109)	1
EN - National Nuclear Security Administration Excepted Service Only	1

Starting Paygrade:	$28,921.00 / year base pay at paygrade GS-4, Step 1
Maximum Paygrade:	$152,771.00 / year base pay at paygrade GS-15, Step 10
Category:	Administrative and Management
Occupation Family:	0500 ACCOUNTING AND BUDGET GROUP

Other Jobs at the GS-4 Paygrade

GS-4 is the starting paygrade for Financial Administration and Program jobs. Here are some other Federal Government jobs that can be held by employees at the GS-4 paygrade.

Occupation	Occupation Category	Starting Paygrade	Maximum Paygrade
Budget Clerical and Assistance	Clerical and Administrative Support	GS-1	GS-9
Highway Safety	Administrative and Management	GS-4	GS-15
Equal Employment Opportunity	Administrative and Management	GS-4	GS-15
Property Disposal	Administrative and Management	GS-4	GS-15
Recreation Specialist	Administrative and Management	GS-4	GS-15

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Average Financial Administration And Program Pay Trend from 2004 to 2022

In 2004, the average pay for a Financial Administrator and Programmer was $69,465. Since then, the average pay has increased to $102,287 in 2022.

Data Sources

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The series code of this occupation is 0501.