How much do fp&a managers make in 2026?
Financial planning and analysis managers are counted in the BLS financial managers series, where OEWS May 2025 gives a national median of $166,570 a year ($80.08 an hour), with a 10th percentile near $94,310 and a 90th percentile of $323,270. That series pools 841,710 people from accounting managers to chief financial officers, so an FP&A manager sits in its lower-middle region rather than at the midpoint — commonly between the 10th and 25th percentiles, with managers at larger companies reaching the median. The role owns forward-looking finance: the budget and reforecast cycles, the operating model and its assumptions, variance analysis against plan, scenario and sensitivity work, business partnering with commercial and operational leaders, board and management reporting on performance and outlook, and the analysis behind investment decisions. It differs from controllership fundamentally — one explains what happened, the other commits to what will. Pay follows company scale, the credibility of the forecast the role owns, and analytical and systems capability, since planning systems and data modelling have become central to the discipline. Employment is projected to grow 14.8% through 2034 with roughly 74,600 openings a year. → Full fp&a manager career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $166,570 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- FP&A Managers earn a national median $166,570/yr ($80.08/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-3031); the P10 to P90 range is $94,310 to $323,270.
- The $166,570 median comes from a pooled series spanning accounting managers to chief financial officers; FP&A managers sit in the lower-middle of the $94,310 to $323,270 band.
- The role owns forward-looking finance — budgets, reforecasts, the operating model, scenario work and business partnering — which is a different discipline from controllership.
- Company scale, the credibility of the forecast owned, and analytical and planning systems capability are the practical pay drivers.
US FP&A Manager Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do fp&a managers earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 11-3031; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-3031, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a fp&a manager earn at each career stage?
FP&A pay follows company scale, forecast ownership and modelling capability. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 11-3031, which spans the whole finance management ladder in one row.
By State
Which states pay fp&a managers the most in 2026?
State figures are modeled estimates — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers salary-calculator state wage index — not BLS state observations, and they read high because the pooled series includes finance executives. Company scale and sector explain FP&A pay far better than geography, and much of this work is performed remotely.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($191,560), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay fp&a managers the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations, and they carry the same upward bias. Their signal is where corporate planning functions concentrate.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a fp&a manager’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does fp&a manager pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. FP&A Managers sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify fp&a manager wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a fp&a manager actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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