Finance Manager salary: $177K median
The median advertised Finance Manager salary is $177K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $145K to $215K: counted from 380 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $85 an hour or $14,750 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $260K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll finance manager jobs
$177Kmedian advertised salary
$145K – $215Kmiddle half of roles
$185Kaverage advertised salary
380roles counted
Finance Manager salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $220K, 24% more than senior roles ($178K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $178K | $142K–$204K | 68 |
| Lead and above | $220K | $190K–$262K | 119 |
| No level in the title | $162K | $135K–$186K | 185 |
Finance Manager salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $200K | 144 |
| 🇺🇸California | $195K | 174 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $175K | 353 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $168K | 82 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $166K | 17 |
Skills that pay more for Finance Manager roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| M&A | $188K | +$10K | 47 |
| Investor relations | $188K | +$10K | 47 |
| ERP | $183K | +$6K | 48 |
| Financial modeling | $182K | +$6K | 163 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $282K | 6 |
| OpenAI | $280K | 7 |
| Parallel | $250K | 4 |
| Perplexity | $215K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $213K | 15 |
| Decagon | $208K | 3 |
| Superhuman Platform Inc | $204K | 4 |
| Opengov | $195K | 3 |
| Hims & Hers | $188K | 3 |
| Jerry.ai | $188K | 3 |
| Airbnb | $187K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $182K | 3 |
| Verkada | $180K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $178K | 3 |
| Pure Storage | $173K | 4 |
| Mixpanel | $170K | 4 |
| Coinbase | $167K | 4 |
| Okta | $162K | 3 |
| Plaid | $150K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $148K | 6 |
| Snowflake | $147K | 4 |
| Checkr | $140K | 3 |
| Dlc Inc | $138K | 3 |
| Brex | $132K | 3 |
| DoorDash USA | $130K | 6 |
Highest-paying open Finance Manager roles
All finance manager jobs- Head of Data Science, Strategic FinanceOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$459K - $536KLead and above
- 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
- VP, Strategic FinanceEmergence · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $375KLead and aboveFinancial modelingFP&AM&A
- Head of Finance OperationsOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$301K - $361KLead and aboveNetSuiteCPAACCA
- Director, Strategic FinanceSuperhuman Platform Inc · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$266K - $350KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonSQL
- VP, Finance, Emergence AutomotiveEmergence · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $350KLead and aboveFinancial modelingFP&AM&A
- Data Science, Finance & StrategyAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$270K - $345KPythonSQLGCP
- 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
- Vice President, Strategic Finance & Analytics (Hybrid)Ceribell, Inc · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$300K - $340KLead and above
- VP FinancePeregrine Technologies · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$260K - $340KLead and aboveSQL
- VP, FinanceTalos Trading · 🇺🇸New York$300K - $330KLead and above
- VP of FinanceGoteleport · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$278K - $327KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Finance & Strategy, ComputeAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$240K - $325KPythonSQLGCP
- VP of FinanceMethod · 🇺🇸New York, NY$280K - $325KLead and above
- Head of Finance Systems & DataFaire · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$236K - $324KLead and aboveMachine LearningNetSuiteContract negotiation
Questions about Finance Manager pay
- What is the average Finance Manager salary?
- $185K a year on average and $177K at the median, across 380 open Finance Manager 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 $145K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Finance Manager pay?
- Anthropic ($282K), OpenAI ($280K), Parallel ($250K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a finance manager a high-paying job?
- The median Finance Manager posting advertises $177K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 2% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a finance manager?
- A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open Finance Manager role advertises up to $536K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Finance Manager salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $177K a year is about $85 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,750 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $70 to $103 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Finance Manager roles?
- Postings that ask for M&A (+$10K, 47 postings), Investor relations (+$10K, 47 postings), ERP (+$6K, 48 postings) advertise more than the $177K median of all Finance Manager postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level finance manager make?
- 8 junior and intern Finance Manager postings state pay, with a median of $112K a year ($54 an hour).
- 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 Finance Manager roles at companies is $177K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $145K to $215K. Counted from 380 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/finance-manager/
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