CFO and the C-Suite 2026

CFOs at US public companies have never been paid more — or had a shorter tenure. Datarails analyzed 10,024 SEC proxy filings across 1,991 of the biggest US public companies to uncover the truth about CFO tenure, pay, and turnover. The findings: 60% of companies replace CFOs at least once in six years, with many companies cycling through 4 CFOs in six years. At the same time: it has never been more lucrative to be CFO with pay surging 62%.