Chief Financial Officer (CFO) salary: $231K median
The median advertised Chief Financial Officer (CFO) salary is $231K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $195K to $275K: counted from 150 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $111 an hour or $19,271 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $318K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll chief financial officer (CFO) jobs
$231Kmedian advertised salary
$195K – $275Kmiddle half of roles
$237Kaverage advertised salary
150roles counted
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $261K | 37 |
| 🇺🇸California | $256K | 61 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $230K | 136 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $212K | 27 |
Skills that pay more for Chief Financial Officer (CFO) roles
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anduril Industries | $302K | 5 |
| Axon | $230K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $200K | 3 |
| Oscar Health | $190K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Chief Financial Officer (CFO) roles
All chief financial officer (CFO) jobs- Director of FP&AOpenart · 🇺🇸San Carlos, California, USA$300K - $500KHybridLead and above
- Chief Financial OfficerFirecrawl · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$400K - $453KHybridLead and aboveGoLLMERP
- Vice President, FinanceChowNow · Remote$320K - $415KRemoteLead and aboveExcelNetSuiteCPA
- Vice President & Chief Financial OfficerWellPower - All Jobs · 🇺🇸Denver$255K - $408KLead and aboveAgileCPAGAAP
- Chief Financial Officer ,North AmericaCrypto.com · 🇺🇸Chicago,IL$300K - $400KLead and aboveTableauNetSuiteCPA
- CFO/VP of FinanceModern Treasury · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $400KLead and aboveM&AWorkforce planning
- Head of FinanceShepherd · 🇺🇸San Francisco$275K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAAI agents
- Senior Director, Finance TransformationHubSpot · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$245K - $392KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningCPAPipeline management
- Head of Finance - Data CentersOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $385KHybridLead and aboveFinancial modeling
- VP, FinanceEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$300K - $375KRemoteLead and aboveFinancial modelingFP&AM&A
- Head of Finance OperationsOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$301K - $361KLead and aboveNetSuiteCPAACCA
- Chief Financial OfficerXona Space · 🇺🇸Burlingame, California$250K - $350KLead and above
- Chief Financial OfficerHubble Network · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$250K - $350KLead and above
- VP, Finance, Emergence AutomotiveEmergence · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $350KLead and aboveFinancial modelingFP&AM&A
- Vice President, FP&A & Financial TransformationInsitro · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$300K - $345KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCPA
- VP, FP&A and Program FinanceTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$300K - $345KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceCPAERP
- Senior Director of Finance, ConsolidationsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$260K - $345KLead and aboveExcelComputer VisionFinancial modeling
- Senior Director of Finance, Frontier SystemsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Reston, Virginia, United States; Washington, District of…$260K - $345KLead and aboveComputer VisionSecurity clearanceFinancial modeling
- VP FinancePeregrine Technologies · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$260K - $340KLead and aboveSQL
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday
Questions about Chief Financial Officer (CFO) pay
- What is the average Chief Financial Officer (CFO) salary?
- $237K a year on average and $231K at the median, across 150 open Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 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 $195K to $275K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Chief Financial Officer (CFO) pay?
- Anduril Industries ($302K), Axon ($230K), Crusoe ($200K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a chief financial officer (cfo) a high-paying job?
- The median Chief Financial Officer (CFO) posting advertises $231K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 33% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a chief financial officer (cfo)?
- A tenth of the postings offer $318K a year or more; the highest open Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $231K a year is about $111 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $19,271 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $94 to $132 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Chief Financial Officer (CFO) roles?
- Postings that ask for SOX (+$23K, 17 postings), M&A (+$23K, 23 postings), CFA (+$18K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $231K median of all Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 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 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) roles at companies is $231K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $195K to $275K. Counted from 150 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/cfo/
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