The concept of complex Pythagorean fuzzy set (CPFS) is recent development in the field of fuzzy set (FS) theory. The significance of this concept lies in the fact that this theory assigned membership grades ψ and non-membership grades ψ from unit circle in plane, i.e., in the form of a complex number with the condition (ψ) 2 + ( ψ) 2 ≤ 1 instead from [0, 1] interval. This is an expressive technique for dealing with uncertain circumstances. The aim of this study is to proceed the classification of the unique framework of CPFS in algebraic structure that is field theory and examine its numerous algebraic features. Also, we initiate the important examples and results of certain field. Furthermore, we illustrate that every complex Pythagorean fuzzy subfield (CPFSF) generates two Pythagorean fuzzy subfields (PFSFs). We also prove many useful algebraic aspects of this notion for a CPFSF. Moreover, we demonstrate that intersection of two complex Pythagorean fuzzy subfields (CPFSFs) is also CPFSF. Additionally, we discuss the novel idea of level subsets of CPFSFs and demonstrate that level subset of CPFSF form subfield. Additionally, we improve the application of this theory to show the concept of the direct product of two CPFSFs is also a CPFSF and produce several novel results on direct product of CPFSFs. Finally, we explore the homomorphic images and inverse images of CPFSFs.