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Title: Fractional Controller rate in Pennsylvania | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional Controller pay in Pennsylvania: median wage $63 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $135. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

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

# Fractional Controller hourly rate in Pennsylvania

The market median wage for a Fractional Controller in Pennsylvania is **$63.17 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$135 an hour** on Deftridge, -13% against the United States rate.

**$135/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$63.17/hr** median wage

**$48-83** middle half of wages

**$2,930** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional Controller 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 | $37.09 | $800 | $77,100 |
| 25th | $48.02 | $1,040 | $99,900 |
| Median | $63.17 | $1,370 | $131,400 |
| 75th | $83.15 | $1,800 | $173,000 |
| 90th | $122.20 | $2,650 | $254,200 |

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 Controller, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-14%** median wage against the United States median of $73.34

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

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

- **$75.25** 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 Controller 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | $110 | $2,380 |
| Director | $135 | $2,930 |

- Regular role **$135**

- One-off task **$150**

- Task bundle **$135**

## Fractional Controller pay across United States

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New York | $101.50 | $215 |
| California | $92.20 | $195 |
| District of Columbia | $84.67 | $180 |
| Kansas | $65.00 | $135 |
| Alabama | $64.50 | $135 |
| Oregon | $64.46 | $135 |
| Pennsylvania | $63.17 | $135 |
| Maine | $62.80 | $130 |
| Nebraska | $62.80 | $130 |
| Florida | $62.65 | $130 |

## Metro areas in Pennsylvania

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

- [Philadelphia $75.25/hr median wage · range $59-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [Allentown $63.02/hr median wage · range $48-83](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [Pittsburgh $61.69/hr median wage · range $48-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [York $61.49/hr median wage · range $45-80](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [Reading $60.08/hr median wage · range $46-79](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [Harrisburg $59.81/hr median wage · range $47-77](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [Lancaster $59.57/hr median wage · range $46-76](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [Scranton $56.45/hr median wage · range $42-76](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [Lebanon $56.08/hr median wage · range $40-73](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/)

- [State College $53.57/hr median wage · range $46-87](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/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 Controller rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/) · [Fractional Controller jobs in Pennsylvania](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-controller/pennsylvania/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
