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Which offer pays more?

Two offers side by side on cash: base, target bonus and other annual pay as one yearly total each, with a signing bonus shown apart because it is paid once. Equity is not valued and taxes are left out. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

Offer A

Allowances, perquisites, retirement contributions.

Kept as you enter it. Not valued and not included in the total.

Offer B

Allowances, perquisites, retirement contributions.

Kept as you enter it. Not valued and not included in the total.

The cash comparison, a year

Offer A pays $5,000 more in cash a year.

Offer AOffer B
Base salary$400,000$425,000
Target bonus$200,000$170,000
Other annual pay$0$0
Total, a year$600,000$595,000
Signing bonus (once)$0$100,000
First year$600,000$695,000

Ranked on what each offer pays every year, so a signing bonus does not lead the ranking. Equity is not valued here, and taxes are left out.

What CFOs like you are paid

Total pay of 3,505 public-company CFOs (All sectors, All revenue sizes), equity included: median $1,885,575, 75th $3,873,228.

Your offers are compared on cash, so they are not placed among these figures. SEC proxy filings, snapshot as of 2026-11-02.

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The offers shown first are sample figures: replace them with your own. This compares cash pay only: it leaves out the value of any equity grant, and taxes. Private-company pay is not covered, and smaller reporting companies may omit the CFO under Item 402(m). Planning estimates, not financial, legal or tax advice.

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