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FRACTIONAL EXECUTIVE BRIEF
Active Listings
6,362
▲ +127 this week
Average Hourly Rate
$56/hr
45%
Growth Hires
60%
Equity Offered
8%
Enterprise
Role Demand
RoleListingsAvg Rate
Fractional CFO 864 $65/hr
Fractional CMO 712 $58/hr
Fractional CTO 648 $72/hr
Fractional COO 524 $55/hr
Fractional CHRO 318 $52/hr
Top Hiring Metros
MetroListings
New York 349
Los Angeles 346
Washington DC 52
San Francisco 51
Seattle 44

Every issue covers

Built from live job data, updated every week.

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Market Snapshot

Total active listings, week-over-week changes, and which roles are gaining or losing demand.

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Rate Benchmarks

Average rates by role, Fractional CFO vs CMO vs CTO, from real job postings, updated weekly.

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Metro Spotlight

Which cities have the most fractional opportunities. NYC, LA, SF, DC, tracked by listing volume.

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Hiring Signals

Growth hires vs turnaround roles. Equity mentions. Enterprise vs SMB. The patterns that tell you where demand is headed.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Every Monday morning. Consistent, predictable, never spammy.

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Where does the data come from?

We scrape and analyze live job postings every week from Indeed, FractionalJobs.io, and The Free Agent. Rate data comes from posted ranges, not self-reported surveys.

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