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Treasurers and Controllers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$166,570

United States, 2025

Employment

841,710

United States, 2025

Typical education

Not recorded

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.

O*NET code
11-3031.01
Job zone
4
Experience required
Over 10 years

Typical tasks

  • Monitor financial activities and details, such as cash flow and reserve levels, to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met.
  • Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities.
  • Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments.
  • Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures.
  • Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions.
  • Coordinate and direct the financial planning, budgeting, procurement, or investment activities of all or part of an organization.
  • Prepare or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies.

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Salary analysis — United States

$94,310
10th
$125,490
25th
$166,570
Median
$219,980
75th
$323,270
90th

10th percentile

$94,310

25th percentile

$125,490

75th percentile

$219,980

90th percentile

$323,270

Most important skills

  • Complex Problem Solving4.3
  • Management of Financial Resources4.1
  • Judgment and Decision Making4.1
  • Speaking4.0
  • Mathematics4.0
  • Reading Comprehension4.0
  • Critical Thinking4.0
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Active Learning3.9
  • Monitoring3.9
  • Systems Evaluation3.9
  • Systems Analysis3.6

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 20 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

20

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Management of Financial Resources4.15.3Not selected5.3
Judgment and Decision Making4.14.9Not selected4.9
Critical Thinking4.04.9Not selected4.9
Complex Problem Solving4.34.5Not selected4.5
Monitoring3.94.6Not selected4.6
Speaking4.04.4Not selected4.4
Mathematics4.04.4Not selected4.4
Reading Comprehension4.04.4Not selected4.4
Active Listening4.04.3Not selected4.3
Active Learning3.94.4Not selected4.4
Systems Evaluation3.94.3Not selected4.3
Systems Analysis3.64.4Not selected4.4
Writing3.64.1Not selected4.1
Time Management3.53.8Not selected3.8
Coordination3.43.9Not selected3.9
Management of Personnel Resources3.13.8Not selected3.8
Social Perceptiveness3.13.6Not selected3.6
Persuasion3.03.8Not selected3.8
Negotiation3.03.3Not selected3.3
Learning Strategies3.03.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
San Jose, CA$225,2807,9702025
New York, NY$221,01089,9602025
NY$219,88080,8102025
San Francisco, CA$216,15017,0402025
Bridgeport, CT$211,0007,2102025
Boston, MA$209,78021,6502025
MA$206,76026,1502025
NJ$199,11032,5102025
Denver, CO$193,4007,4902025
Boulder, CO$192,9707002025
DC$188,8808,9302025
Seattle, WA$185,5508,5002025
Washington, DC$185,27026,4302025
VA$185,22020,8502025
Trenton, NJ$184,8002,4602025
CO$182,69010,6402025
DE$181,5802,8102025
CA$180,77093,3102025
Springfield, MA$175,9509202025
Fort Collins, CO$175,8904502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.