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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 July 29, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Chief Financial Officer in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 20 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $225,000. 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$97,614
Level II — qualified5$174,574
Level III — experienced7$200,000
Level IV — fully competent7$315,000

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. Click a company for its full H-1B salary breakdown.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Talmera USA Inc.Chief Financial Officer2$193,149
Access IngenuityChief Financial Officer1$200,000
BFTV INC.CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER1$450,000
Boundary Bend Olives, Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$325,000
Breadfast, Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$180,000
Brex Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$292,427
CreateMe Technologies IncChief Financial Officer1$285,000
Fidelity Memorial GroupChief Financial Officer1$250,000
Gigacloud Technology (USA) Inc.Chief Financial Officer1$300,000
Kryptowire, Inc. (dba Quokka)Chief Financial Officer1$295,859

Recent sample filings

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

  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at MoveIn, Inc
    $280,000
    CerritosWage Level IVDecided Mar 25, 2026I-200-26077-713247
  • Chief Financial Officer at SCal Mobile LLC
    $200,000
    IrvineWage Level IIIDecided Mar 23, 2026I-200-26075-705113
  • Chief Financial Officer at Access Ingenuity
    $200,000
    Santa RosaWage Level IIIDecided Mar 4, 2026I-200-26056-664629
  • Chief Financial Officer at The Platform LLC
    $155,000
    Long BeachWage Level IIDecided Feb 12, 2026I-203-26036-621130
  • Chief Financial Officer at Fidelity Memorial Group
    $250,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IIIDecided Dec 4, 2025I-200-25331-442515
  • Chief Financial Officer at RobCo Inc.
    $315,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IVDecided Nov 18, 2025I-200-25314-393558
  • Chief Financial Officer at CreateMe Technologies Inc
    $285,000
    NewarkWage Level IIIDecided Nov 7, 2025I-203-25307-357744
  • Chief Financial Officer at Gigacloud Technology (USA) Inc.
    $300,000
    El MonteWage Level IVDecided Sep 29, 2025I-200-25265-326198

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.