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Title: Fractional CFO hourly rate in Pennsylvania, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional CFO pay in Pennsylvania: median wage $78 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $200. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

PA · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Fractional CFO hourly rate in Pennsylvania

The market median wage for a Fractional CFO in Pennsylvania is **$78.42 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$200 an hour** on Deftridge, -13% against the United States rate.

**$200/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$78.42/hr** median wage

**$60-103** middle half of wages

**$4,330** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional CFO wage percentiles in Pennsylvania

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $46.04 | $1,000 | $95,800 |
| 25th | $59.61 | $1,290 | $124,000 |
| Median | $78.42 | $1,700 | $163,100 |
| 75th | $103.23 | $2,240 | $214,700 |
| 90th | $151.70 | $3,290 | $315,500 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 31,750 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Pennsylvania in numbers

What sets Pennsylvania apart for a Fractional CFO, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-14%** median wage against the United States median of $91.05

- **23rd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **31,750** people employed in the role in this place

- **$93.42** median wage in the Philadelphia metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Fractional CFO in Pennsylvania by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Director | $165 | $3,580 |
| Executive | $200 | $4,330 |

- Regular role **$200**

- One-off task **$225**

- Task bundle **$205**

- Expert hour **$250**

## Fractional CFO pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional CFO, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Pennsylvania ranks **23 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New York | $126.01 | $250 |
| California | $114.45 | $250 |
| District of Columbia | $105.11 | $250 |
| Kansas | $80.70 | $205 |
| Alabama | $80.07 | $205 |
| Oregon | $80.02 | $205 |
| Pennsylvania | $78.42 | $200 |
| Maine | $77.96 | $200 |
| Nebraska | $77.96 | $200 |
| Florida | $77.77 | $195 |

## Metro areas in Pennsylvania

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Philadelphia $93.42/hr median wage · range $73-120](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [Allentown $78.23/hr median wage · range $59-103](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [Pittsburgh $76.59/hr median wage · range $59-102](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [York $76.34/hr median wage · range $56-99](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [Reading $74.58/hr median wage · range $57-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [Harrisburg $74.25/hr median wage · range $58-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [Lancaster $73.95/hr median wage · range $57-95](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [Scranton $70.08/hr median wage · range $53-94](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [Lebanon $69.61/hr median wage · range $50-90](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

- [State College $66.51/hr median wage · range $57-108](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Fractional CFO rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-cfo/) · [Fractional CFO jobs in Pennsylvania](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-cfo/pennsylvania/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
