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Executive Compensation Data & Why Executives Get Fired

This article analyzes executive compensation benchmarks across cash and equity, executive tenure by role, and common reasons why executives are terminated or voluntarily leave companies. It provides specific median cash compensation data for C-suite and VP-level roles at growth-stage companies ($20M-$500M+ capital raised) and highlights three critical failure modes for CFOs: being cost-focused rather than growth-enabling, lacking business acumen beyond accounting, and slow adoption of AI and efficiency technologies.

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Chief Executive Officer Median Total Cash Compensation

275000.0USD

median

Growth-stage companies with $20-100M capital raised, non-founders, USA

Chief Financial Officer Median Total Cash Compensation

300000.0USD

median

Growth-stage companies with $20-100M capital raised, non-founders, USA

Chief Financial Officer Median Total Cash Compensation ($500M+ Capital Raised)

475000.0USD

median

Late-stage companies with $500M+ capital raised, USA, Tech industry

Chief Financial Officer Target Total Cash Compensation (25th Percentile)

285000.0USD

25th percentile

Growth-stage companies with $20-100M capital raised, USA, Tech industry

Chief Financial Officer Target Total Cash Compensation (75th Percentile)

400000.0USD

75th percentile

Growth-stage companies with $20-100M capital raised, USA, Tech industry

Chief Financial Officer Target Total Cash Compensation (Median)

335000.0USD

median

Growth-stage companies with $20-100M capital raised, USA, Tech industry

Chief Revenue Officer Median Total Cash Compensation

350000.0USD

median

Growth-stage companies with $20-100M capital raised, non-founders, USA

President Median Total Cash Compensation

300000.0USD

median

Growth-stage companies with $20-100M capital raised, non-founders, USA