How much do vp finances make in 2026?
A vice president of finance is nominally counted in the BLS financial managers series, but that series describes the role poorly and this page says so rather than implying otherwise. SOC 11-3031 is a single management row covering 841,710 people from accounting managers to chief financial officers; its national median of $166,570 a year ($80.08 an hour) is a mid-ladder figure, and its 90th percentile of $323,270 sits at or below where many vice president finance packages land at larger employers (OEWS May 2025). Two structural limits explain the gap. OEWS measures wages and salaries and excludes equity, long-term incentive and deferred compensation, which form a large share of executive pay. And its highest wage interval is open-ended and top-coded, so the survey cannot resolve the tail. The usable anchors are the 75th percentile at $219,980 and the 90th at $323,270, read as the floor of the range. A VP of finance typically owns planning, reporting, treasury and often controllership across the enterprise, deputising for or reporting to the CFO. Employment across the series is projected to grow 14.8% through 2034 with roughly 74,600 openings a year. → Full vp finance 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.
- VP Finances 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 BLS series behind this page reaches $323,270 at the 90th percentile, and that figure is best read as the floor of the vice president finance range rather than a typical package.
- OEWS measures wages and salaries only — excluding equity, long-term incentive and deferred compensation — and top-codes its highest wage interval, so it cannot resolve executive pay.
- The $166,570 median in this row belongs to the far larger accounting manager and controller population pooled into the same series.
US VP Finance Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do vp finances 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 vp finance earn at each career stage?
Executive finance pay is set by enterprise scale, ownership structure and board exposure. The BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 11-3031 spans an entire ladder, so the tiers below sit at its upper percentiles and still describe the lower end of the executive market.
By State
Which states pay vp finances 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 are indexed off a pooled median far below executive pay. They carry no information about VP finance compensation levels; read them as relative geography for the broader finance management population.
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 vp finances the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations, and they inherit the same pooled-median floor. The only useful signal is location: executive finance seats sit at corporate headquarters.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a vp finance’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 vp finance pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. VP Finances 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 vp finance wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a vp finance 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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