Fractional COO
What you'll pay to hire a fractional COO - 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 COO Cost?
The average fractional Chief Operating Officer costs $1,562/day in the US, or $195/hour. That works out to about $405,600 a year at 40 hours a week, based on 50 verified rates.
Median sits at $1,500/day. Fractionus tracks 128 verified Chief Operating Officer operators on the US bench, with 33 open roles on the board right now.
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Operational scope.
Company-wide ownership of delivery, people, and systems sits above narrow process work.
Team size.
Larger teams and multi-site operations add leadership complexity and cost.
Systems maturity.
Building operating rhythm and systems from scratch is priced above optimising what already runs.
Turnaround urgency.
Rescue situations and rapid-scale moments raise willingness to pay.
