Financial Controller salary: $185K median
The median advertised Financial Controller salary is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $150K to $228K: counted from 101 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $89 an hour or $15,417 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $262K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll financial controller jobs
$185Kmedian advertised salary
$150K – $228Kmiddle half of roles
$190Kaverage advertised salary
101roles counted
Financial Controller salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $242K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸California | $228K | 29 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $185K | 95 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $180K | 21 |
Skills that pay more for Financial Controller roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOX | $255K | +$70K | 11 |
| Internal controls | $230K | +$46K | 28 |
| Big Four | $228K | +$44K | 17 |
| ERP | $227K | +$42K | 20 |
| Revenue recognition | $225K | +$40K | 22 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Relativity Space | $198K | 3 |
| Reachdesk Ltd | $185K | 4 |
| Bridgepoint Consulting | $162K | 12 |
| Petra Funds Group | $152K | 4 |
| Dlc Inc | $140K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Financial Controller roles
All financial controller jobs- ControllerParallel · 🇺🇸San Francisco or Palo Alto$300K - $400KAuditMonth-end closeInternal controls
- Vice President, Global Corporate ControllerTemporal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$270K - $350KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Vice President, ControllerImmunic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Remote - US$290K - $350KRemoteLead and aboveNetSuite
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- VP, Accounting & ControllerRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$260K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveCPASlackAudit
- Corporate ControllerGimlet · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$280K - $325K
- Director, Assistant ControllerApollo.io · 🇺🇸Hybrid, San Francisco$219K - $315KHybridLead and aboveHubSpotNetSuiteCPA
- VP, Corporate ControllerMongoDB · 🇺🇸Palo Alto; San Francisco$154K - $303KLead and aboveGCPAzureAWS
- Corporate ControllerArmada · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$225K - $300KRemoteNetSuiteCPAERP
- ControllerForus · 🇺🇸New York office$200K - $300KNetSuite
- Head of Accounting (Controller)ClassDojo · Remote$220K - $300KRemoteLead and above
- Senior Director, ControllerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KLead and aboveComputer VisionCPAERP
- Assistant ControllerBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸San Francisco - 1800 Owens$240K - $285KMachine LearningExcelAgile
- Global ControllerCustomer.io · Americas Remote$250K - $280KRemoteCPAReconciliationsAudit
- Corporate ControllerHarbinger Motors Inc. · 🇺🇸Garden Grove, CA$230K - $280KNetSuiteCPAERP
- Operations ControllerWaymo · 🇺🇸Tempe, AZ, USA$226K - $278K
- ControllerEudia · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$230K - $275KCPAERPAudit
- Founding Controller, Product & Customer OperationsSynthetic · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $275K
- Senior Director, Assistant ControllerMetropolis · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$250K - $275KLead and aboveCPAERPReconciliations
- ControllerCrosby · 🇺🇸New York City$220K - $275KCPAERPReconciliations
Questions about Financial Controller pay
- What is the average Financial Controller salary?
- $190K a year on average and $185K at the median, across 101 open Financial Controller 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 $150K to $228K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Financial Controller pay?
- Relativity Space ($198K), Reachdesk Ltd ($185K), Bridgepoint Consulting ($162K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a financial controller a high-paying job?
- The median Financial Controller posting advertises $185K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 6% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a financial controller?
- A tenth of the postings offer $262K a year or more; the highest open Financial Controller role advertises up to $400K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Financial Controller salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $185K a year is about $89 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,417 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $72 to $110 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Financial Controller roles?
- Postings that ask for SOX (+$70K, 11 postings), Internal controls (+$46K, 28 postings), Big Four (+$44K, 17 postings) advertise more than the $185K median of all Financial Controller 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 Financial Controller roles at companies is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $150K to $228K. Counted from 101 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/controller/
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