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Title: Fractional Controller hourly rate in New York | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional Controller pay in New York: median wage $102 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $215. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

NY · United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Fractional Controller hourly rate in New York

The market median wage for a Fractional Controller in New York is **$101.50 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$215 an hour** on Deftridge, +39% against the United States rate.

**$215/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$101.50/hr** median wage

**$76-134** middle half of wages

**$4,660** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional Controller wage percentiles in New York

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 | $54.54 | $1,180 | $113,400 |
| 25th | $75.78 | $1,640 | $157,600 |
| Median | $101.50 | $2,200 | $211,100 |
| 75th | $134.05 | $2,900 | $278,800 |
| 90th | $197.00 | $4,270 | $409,800 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 67,510 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## New York in numbers

What sets New York apart for a Fractional Controller, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+38%** median wage against the United States median of $73.34

- **1st of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **67,510** people employed in the role in this place

- **$101.87** median wage in the New York City 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 Controller in New York 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | $175 | $3,790 |
| Director | $215 | $4,660 |

- Regular role **$215**

- One-off task **$245**

- Task bundle **$220**

## Fractional Controller pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional Controller, highest first; 4 of 51 places shown. By median wage New York ranks **1 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New York | $101.50 | $215 |
| California | $92.20 | $195 |
| District of Columbia | $84.67 | $180 |
| Delaware | $84.12 | $175 |

## Metro areas in New York

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

- [New York City $101.87/hr median wage · range $79-135](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Buffalo $76.53/hr median wage · range $59-100](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Kiryas Joel $74.98/hr median wage · range $53-99](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Rochester $73.77/hr median wage · range $57-100](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Albany $69.12/hr median wage · range $54-91](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Syracuse $68.31/hr median wage · range $52-91](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Ithaca $67.42/hr median wage · range $48-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Binghamton $66.16/hr median wage · range $51-88](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Utica $65.85/hr median wage · range $47-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

- [Elmira $65.32/hr median wage · range $47-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/new-york/)

## 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 Controller rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/) · [Fractional Controller jobs in New York](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-controller/new-york/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
