What do financial leaders around the world earn? What’s the average annual bonus for CFOs worldwide? How can financial leaders expect to see their salary rise during their career? Find out now what the salary factsheet brings to light about significant variations in compensation & benefits, according to region, gender and size of employing company.

1. GLOBAL INSIGHTS
CFO & FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP
BAROMETER
TOTAL COMPENSATION, INCLUDING
BONUS & BENEFITS
Average annual salary worldwide:
125 k€ / 145 k$
AVERAGE % OF OVERALL
COMPENSATION PAID AS A BONUS
Average annual bonus worldwide:
15.6%
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS HIGHLIGHTS
170.7 k€
197.8 k$ Middle East
152.2 k€
176.3 k$
UK & Ireland
150.6 k€
174.4 k$ Asia Pacific
143.7 k€
166.5 k$ North America
114.7 k€
132.8 k$
Continental
Europe
99.2 k€
114.9 k$ Africa
98.5 k€
114.1 k$ South America
UK & Ireland 18.4%
North America 18.3%
Asia Pacific 17.0%
Middle East 14.8%
Continental
Europe
14.6%
South America 13.9%
Africa 12.7%
The sample includes replies from senior decision makers such as CFO, Head of Finance (35%),
Financial Manager (11%), SVP/VP (11%) and others (3%).
On average, male financial leaders earn
16% more salary and 22% more
bonus than their female counterparts
WHAT DO FINANCIAL LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD EARN? The survey brought to light significant
variations in compensation & benefits, according to region, gender and size of employing company.
MALE SALARY
16%
MALE BONUS
22%
Financial leaders in larger companies (with a
financial department of over 100 employees)
can earn 67% more than in a small structure
(those with fewer than 10 employees in finance)
BIG COMPANY
SMALL COMPANY
Financial leaders
aged 35 or under can
expect to see their
SALARY RISE 43%
over the next 20 years
CFO SPOTLIGHT:
AVERAGE
ANNUAL BONUS
WORLDWIDE is
OR UNDER
+43%
17.6%17.6%