Finance Leader salary

Q: What state pays Finance Leaders the most?

Oregon pays Finance Leaders the most in the United States, with an average salary of $128,683 per year, or $61.87 per hour.

Q: How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a Finance Leader?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Finance Leader if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in California you should be paid close to $127,238 per year.

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Dr. William Wood Ph.D.

Average finance leader salary

$117,284

$56.39 hourly rate

Entry-level finance leader salary

$78,000 yearly salary

Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a finance leader make?

The average finance leader salary in the United States is $117,284. Finance leader salaries typically range between $78,000 and $174,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for finance leaders is $56.39 per hour.

Finance leader salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Finance leaders earn the highest average salary in Oregon.

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Finance Leader

Experience Level	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
Entry-level finance leader	$80,600	$38.77
Mid-level finance leader	$125,000	$60.00
Senior-level finance leader	$192,000	$92.23

Finance Leader salary estimates from across the web

Based on the latest salary information compiled by Zippia, Salary.com, Ziprecruiter and Comparably, the average salary for a finance leader typically falls between $80,250 and $168,827.

zippia

$117,284yearly

comparably[1]

$168,827yearly

Salary.com[2]

$133,076yearly

ZipRecruiter[3]

$80,250yearly

Average finance leader salary by state

The highest-paying states for finance leaders are Oregon, California, and Maine. The lowest average finance leader salary states are Utah, Iowa, and Missouri.

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Highest paying states for finance leaders

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Maine	$124,591	$59.90
2	Oregon	$128,683	$61.87
3	Pennsylvania	$120,778	$58.07
4	Montana	$124,525	$59.87
5	Washington	$123,743	$59.49
6	Massachusetts	$120,663	$58.01
7	Rhode Island	$115,131	$55.35
8	South Dakota	$112,059	$53.87
9	California	$127,238	$61.17
10	New York	$124,011	$59.62
11	Michigan	$115,855	$55.70
12	Nevada	$118,162	$56.81
13	Delaware	$115,485	$55.52
14	Connecticut	$118,225	$56.84
15	New Jersey	$121,535	$58.43
16	Vermont	$116,712	$56.11
17	Wisconsin	$110,702	$53.22
18	District of Columbia	$114,701	$55.14
19	New Mexico	$109,332	$52.56
20	Alabama	$109,126	$52.46
21	Louisiana	$110,981	$53.36
22	Texas	$110,193	$52.98
23	Indiana	$109,628	$52.71
24	Arizona	$110,326	$53.04
25	Maryland	$112,049	$53.87
26	Alaska	$103,667	$49.84
27	North Dakota	$101,700	$48.89
28	Idaho	$110,016	$52.89
29	Kentucky	$109,172	$52.49
30	Virginia	$110,066	$52.92
31	Ohio	$107,282	$51.58
32	West Virginia	$105,921	$50.92
33	North Carolina	$104,992	$50.48
34	New Hampshire	$107,411	$51.64
35	Georgia	$105,031	$50.50
36	Oklahoma	$107,363	$51.62
37	Florida	$103,786	$49.90
38	Kansas	$105,172	$50.56
39	Minnesota	$102,479	$49.27
40	Illinois	$101,213	$48.66
41	Colorado	$101,329	$48.72
42	Utah	$95,411	$45.87
43	Wyoming	$89,392	$42.98
44	Nebraska	$83,546	$40.17
45	Tennessee	$96,955	$46.61
46	South Carolina	$100,360	$48.25
47	Mississippi	$97,441	$46.85
48	Hawaii	$68,465	$32.92
49	Arkansas	$96,280	$46.29
50	Iowa	$94,577	$45.47
51	Missouri	$90,338	$43.43

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Highest paying cities for finance leaders

The highest-paying cities for finance leaders are San Francisco, CA, Albany, NY, and Seattle, WA.

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	San Francisco, CA	$133,239	$64.06
2	Albany, NY	$125,927	$60.54
3	Seattle, WA	$124,669	$59.94
4	Jersey City, NJ	$122,020	$58.66
5	Philadelphia, PA	$121,582	$58.45
6	Boston, MA	$120,982	$58.16
7	Hartford, CT	$118,934	$57.18
8	Detroit, MI	$116,112	$55.82
9	Wilmington, DE	$115,914	$55.73
10	Washington, DC	$114,720	$55.15
11	Baltimore, MD	$112,391	$54.03
12	Austin, TX	$111,565	$53.64
13	Arlington, VA	$111,546	$53.63
14	Milwaukee, WI	$110,973	$53.35
15	Phoenix, AZ	$110,731	$53.24
16	Indianapolis, IN	$108,803	$52.31
17	Columbus, OH	$106,401	$51.15
18	Raleigh, NC	$106,019	$50.97
19	Jacksonville, FL	$105,171	$50.56
20	Atlanta, GA	$104,716	$50.34

Finance Leaders are the most in-demand in these five cities:

Finance Leader salary details

A finance leader's salary ranges from $78,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $174,000 at the 90th percentile.

Average Finance Leader Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a finance leader's salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$174,000	$14,500	$84
75th Percentile	$144,000	$12,000	$69
Average	$117,284	$9,774	$56
25th Percentile	$95,000	$7,917	$46
10th Percentile	$78,000	$6,500	$38

Highest paying finance leader jobs

The highest paying types of finance leaders are finance vice president, chief finance officer, and senior finance manager.

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Director Of Operations And Finance	$118,503	$9,875	$56.97	186,569
Manager Finance Planning And Analysis	$106,888	$8,907	$51.39	111,706
Manager/Finance Accounting	$91,315	$7,610	$43.90	132,824
Finance Analyst-Operations Finance	$67,736	$5,645	$32.57	144,067
Business Manager-Finance Manager	$106,036	$8,836	$50.98	180,161
Administrative & Finance Manager	$76,989	$6,416	$37.01	143,109

How would you rate the starting salaries for Finance Leaders, as well as the prospects for salary advancement?

Dr. William Wood Ph.D.

Academic Unit Head, Economics; Director, Center for Economic Education, James Madison University

Starting salaries in economics are good -- better than for most college degrees -- and they get better as economics majors advance in their careers. Economics prepares people for leadership, and people with good leadership skills are often drawn to economics. Both effects operate to give us this observation that economics majors do well in their careers.

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Which companies pay finance leaders the most?

Finance leader salaries at Apple and Palo Alto Networks are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average finance leader salary at companies like Google and AstraZeneca are highly competitive.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Apple	$154,605	$74.33
2	Palo Alto Networks	$149,166	$71.71
3	Google	$146,967	$70.66
4	AstraZeneca	$143,475	$68.98
5	Boston Consulting Group	$142,791	$68.65
6	Citi	$141,848	$68.20
7	Koch Industries	$139,871	$67.25
8	Key Energy Services	$138,283	$66.48
9	Chegg	$137,186	$65.95
10	Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$136,757	$65.75
11	Palantir	$136,070	$65.42
12	J.P. Morgan	$135,811	$65.29
13	Organon	$135,788	$65.28
14	Harley-Davidson	$135,746	$65.26
15	FMC	$135,364	$65.08
16	Dropbox	$135,199	$65.00
17	General Motors	$134,885	$64.85
18	Coty	$134,774	$64.80
19	Allergan plc	$133,282	$64.08
20	AdvanSix	$132,844	$63.87

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$123,000$120,600$118,200$115,800$113,400$111,000

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Finance Leader salary by industry

The average finance leader salary varies across industries:

The average finance leader salary in the finance industry is $120,889, the highest of any industry.
The average finance leader salary in the finance industry is $116,583.
Finance leaders in the automotive industry earn an average salary of $112,597, the lowest of any industry.

Highest paying industries for finance leaders

Rank	Industry	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Finance	$120,889	$58.12
2	Manufacturing	$116,583	$56.05
3	Professional	$116,435	$55.98
4	Technology	$115,210	$55.39
5	Automotive	$112,597	$54.13

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Finance Leader salary trends

The average finance leader salary has risen by $23,618 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average finance leader earned $93,666 annually, but today, they earn $117,284 a year. That works out to a 10% change in pay for finance leaders over the last decade.

Compare finance leader salaries for cities or states with the national average over time.

Average finance leader salary over time

Compare finance leader salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

Finance Leader salary by year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2025	$117,000	$56.39	+3.2%
2024	$114,000	$54.58	+1.5%
2023	$112,000	$53.79	+2.3%
2022	$109,000	$52.56	+2.7%
2021	$106,000	$51.16	+3.1%

Recently added finance leader salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
Georgetown Univerisity	Financial Planning and Analysis Systems Lead	Washington, DC	12/18/2024	$80,429
Abbvie	Finance Lead, External Manufacturing	Lincoln, NE	12/16/2024	$91,500
Humana, Inc.	Financial Analytics Lead-Hqri Finance	Cole, OK	12/16/2024	$95,300
Accenture	Finance & Accounting Lead	Louisville, TN	12/16/2024	$78,500
Rotork	D365 Senior Finance Lead-Americas (Temp Contract)	Rochester, NY	12/16/2024	$120,000
Affirm	Strategic Finance Lead	Fine, NY	12/16/2024	$140,000
Momentive Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Inc.	Senior Operations Finance Leader-Waterford Site	Boone, CO	12/16/2024	$100,500
Accenture Federal Services LLC	Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud (Fccs) Lead	Washington, DC	12/15/2024	$114,700
Faire	Corporate Finance Lead	New York, NY	12/15/2024	$151,000
Att	Lead Financial Analysis	Atlanta, GA	12/15/2024	$106,100

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