The survey reveals that company size has an even bigger impact on a finance pro's base salary than does geographic region. Across all job titles, the average salary in the survey's largest companies is $126,886, while it's only $88,909 in the smallest companies. (See Figure 2, below.)

In addition to earning higher raises, 71 percent of survey respondents also received bonuses in 2013. At the executive level, the average bonus equated to 34 percent of the respondent's base salary. Managers received bonuses equivalent to 17 percent of their base salary, and finance staff received bonuses equal to 10 percent, on average, of their base salary.

Among the companies that gave bonuses to members of their finance team, 94 percent awarded cash bonuses and 33 percent awarded stock options. In nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of organizations awarding bonuses, operating income or EBITDA targets were a key consideration in evaluating performance and calculating bonus size. Around half of companies based bonuses on completion of specific projects (51 percent) or on achievement of profit-related targets (48 percent).

The AFP survey also asked about vacation time, and it found that respondents get around three weeks off in their first year. First, they receive an average of 9 paid holidays. On top of these days, those who have separate tallies for vacation and sick leave receive an average of 11 days of paid vacation and 8 days of sick leave. Respondents for whom sick and vacation time are combined receive an average of 15 days of paid time off, in addition to company holidays. Half of organizations require employees to wait five years before they receive another week's worth of paid vacation—and 12 percent of companies require them to wait even longer. But 16 percent of companies provide another 5 vacation days after one to two years, and another 16 provide it after three to four years.