CFA salary: $165K median
The median advertised CFA salary is $165K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $127K to $208K: counted from 173 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $79 an hour or $13,750 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $250K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll CFA jobs
$165Kmedian advertised salary
$127K – $208Kmiddle half of roles
$172Kaverage advertised salary
173roles counted
CFA salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $200K, 32% more than senior roles ($151K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $151K | $110K–$187K | 42 |
| Lead and above | $200K | $155K–$238K | 76 |
| No level in the title | $162K | $120K–$188K | 53 |
CFA salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $192K | 44 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $191K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $175K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $165K | 157 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $164K | 48 |
Skills that pay more for CFA roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investor relations | $194K | +$28K | 27 |
| NetSuite | $188K | +$22K | 23 |
| M&A | $188K | +$22K | 35 |
| FP&A | $188K | +$22K | 67 |
| Financial modeling | $182K | +$18K | 84 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $238K | 3 |
| Oscar Health | $228K | 7 |
| Anduril Industries | $213K | 10 |
| Fortitude Re | $191K | 4 |
| Jerry.ai | $188K | 3 |
| Datarails | $178K | 3 |
| Mixpanel | $170K | 4 |
| PitchBook Data | $165K | 18 |
| Ripple | $162K | 5 |
| Charles River Associates | $160K | 4 |
| Crusoe | $155K | 8 |
| Focus Financial Partners | $151K | 4 |
| Mizuho | $148K | 4 |
| iCapital | $135K | 14 |
| KBRA | $125K | 15 |
| Pathward, N.A. | $80K | 3 |
| Savvy | $72K | 3 |
Highest-paying open CFA roles
All CFA jobs- VP, Investor RelationsDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA$275K - $400KLead and aboveExcelCFAFP&A
- Chief Risk Officer - Managing DirectoriCapital · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$350K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAFRM
- Head of FinanceShepherd · 🇺🇸San Francisco$275K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAAI agents
- Head of Corporate DevelopmentCheckr · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$306K - $360KLead and aboveCFAFinancial modelingM&A
- Vice President, FP&A & Financial TransformationInsitro · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$300K - $345KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCPA
- Senior Finance Director, AD&SAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$260K - $345KLead and aboveExcelComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- VP of FinanceGoteleport · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$278K - $327KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Senior Manager, GTM & Revenue FinanceCohere · 🇺🇸United States$210K - $320KSeniorTableauLookerPower BI
- Treasury Director, Investments & LiquidityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$230K - $300KLead and aboveCFAFixed incomeSOX
- Account ExecutiveDatarails · 🇺🇸United States$250K - $300KHubSpotCFAFP&A
- Director of Finance, PlatformAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KLead and aboveExcelComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Senior Director, Corporate DevelopmentOscar Health · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$219K - $287KLead and aboveCFAFinancial modelingM&A
- Senior Director, Strategic Finance & Enterprise PlanningOscar Health · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$219K - $287KLead and aboveCFAFinancial modelingFP&A
- Director, FP&AGitLab · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$168K - $286KRemoteLead and aboveSQLLLMNetSuite
- Director of Structured FinanceCloudflare · Hybrid$206K - $284KHybridLead and aboveCFADNSData centers
- VP of FinanceInterface Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $280KLead and aboveCPACFAERP
- Director, Strategic Finance & Investor RelationsCloudflare · Hybrid$200K - $275KHybridLead and aboveCPACFADNS
- Director, Cloud GTM FinanceCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$235K - $275KLead and aboveGoGCPAzure
- Director, Cloud GTM FinanceCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$235K - $275KLead and aboveGoGCPAzure
- Vice President, FP&AHello Heart · 🇺🇸Remote US$225K - $275KRemoteLead and aboveExcelNetSuiteCPA
Questions about CFA pay
- What is the average CFA salary?
- $172K a year on average and $165K at the median, across 173 open CFA postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $127K to $208K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest CFA pay?
- Cloudflare ($238K), Oscar Health ($228K), Anduril Industries ($213K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a cfa a high-paying job?
- The median CFA posting advertises $165K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 5% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a cfa?
- A tenth of the postings offer $250K a year or more; the highest open CFA role advertises up to $400K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the CFA salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $165K a year is about $79 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,750 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $61 to $100 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for CFA roles?
- Postings that ask for Investor relations (+$28K, 27 postings), NetSuite (+$22K, 23 postings), M&A (+$22K, 35 postings) advertise more than the $165K median of all CFA postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for CFA roles at companies is $165K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $127K to $208K. Counted from 173 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/cfa/
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