RateOrchard
Specialty Profile · California

Chief Financial Officer salary in California

A real-employer view of Chief Financial Officer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Chief Financial Officer in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 11 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $250,000. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry1$123,448
Level II — qualified4$220,445
Level III — experienced3$331,200

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Chief Financial Officer in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
We Start the Company LLCChief Financial Officer1$390,000
Bloom Nutrition LLCChief Financial Officer1$10,400,000
Hayden AI Technologies, Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$300,000
Suntisfy, Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$331,200
Lime Crime Cosmetics, Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$123,448
EwiCharge IncChief Financial Officer1$250,000
Terawatt Infrastructure Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$350,000
T3RA LogisticsChief FInancial Officer1$125,000
AEHL US LLCChief Financial Officer1$229,000
Field AI, Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$211,890

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Chief Financial Officer at We Start the Company LLC
    $390,000
    San FranciscoDecided Dec 19, 2025I-202-25346-477496
  • Chief Financial Officer at Bloom Nutrition LLC
    $10,400,000
    VeniceDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25308-371194
  • Chief Financial Officer at Hayden AI Technologies, Inc.
    $300,000
    San FranciscoWage Level N/ADecided Sep 16, 2025I-200-25252-295992
  • Chief Financial Officer at Suntisfy, Inc.
    $331,200
    IrvingWage Level IIIDecided Aug 15, 2025I-200-25220-231446
  • Chief Financial Officer at Lime Crime Cosmetics, Inc.
    $123,448
    Woodland HillsWage Level IDecided Jun 25, 2025I-200-25168-103759
  • Chief Financial Officer at EwiCharge Inc
    $250,000
    MilpitasWage Level IIDecided Jun 18, 2025I-200-25162-082001
  • Chief Financial Officer at Terawatt Infrastructure Inc.
    $350,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IIIDecided Jun 17, 2025I-200-25161-074084
  • Chief FInancial Officer at T3RA Logistics
    $125,000
    SacramentoWage Level IIDecided Apr 25, 2025I-200-25108-880100

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.