Fractional CFO Market
What you'll pay to hire a fractional CFO - median day rates across the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, verified bench depth, and demand, updated weekly.
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Average Day Rate
$
1500
or $187.50 p/hour
AU
UK
US
Demand · US
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How Much Does a Fractional CFO Cost?
The average fractional Chief Financial Officer costs $1,727/day in the US, or $216/hour. That works out to about $449,280 a year at 40 hours a week, based on 19 verified rates.
Median sits at $1,500/day. Fractionus tracks 27 verified Chief Financial Officer operators on the US bench, with 85 open roles on the board right now.
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Fundraising and board work.
Capital raises, investor reporting, and board-facing responsibility sit at the top of the range.
Entity complexity.
Multi-entity structures, multi-currency operations, and consolidation work carry a premium over single-entity finance leadership.
Stage and urgency.
Turnaround situations and hard deadlines raise willingness to pay; steady-state oversight prices lower.
Sector regulation.
Regulated industries and audit-heavy environments demand deeper credentials and price accordingly.
