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Financial and investment analysts: pay by state and city

What financial and investment analysts — the main job for this pathway — earn across the U.S., from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

U.S. median$102,740
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
13-2051 Financial and investment analysts
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
U.S. average (mean)$116,800
Jobs in the survey361,980
Most jobsNew York52,380 jobs · median $127,930

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Financial and investment analysts · annual wages, May 2025
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
13-2051 Financial and investment analysts
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
Lowest 10% below
$63,720
25th percentile
$79,290
Median
$102,740
75th percentile
$133,340
Top 10% above
$180,860
Middle half of workersMedianMean $116,800Jobs 361,980

BLS publishes this occupation for 53 state-level areas (50 states, DC and territories where available) and 434 metro and nonmetro areas. Places it does not publish are not estimated here.

Where the jobs are, and where pay is highest

Median annual pay, May 2025. Highest-pay lists only include places with at least 500 jobs. BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs, which are usually higher where pay is higher.

States with the most jobs

  1. New York52,380 jobs$127,930
  2. California45,380 jobs$109,110
  3. Texas28,820 jobs$99,150
  4. Florida23,900 jobs$94,490
  5. Illinois20,520 jobs$101,180

Highest-paying states

  1. New York52,380 jobs$127,930
  2. Oregon2,820 jobs$120,590
  3. Massachusetts14,790 jobs$111,040
  4. California45,380 jobs$109,110
  5. New Jersey10,380 jobs$108,610

Metro areas with the most jobs

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ53,870 jobs$128,930
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA19,600 jobs$102,260
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN17,150 jobs$101,750
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH13,010 jobs$117,520
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX11,530 jobs$100,350

Highest-paying metro areas

  1. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT2,550 jobs$158,310
  2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA3,880 jobs$144,910
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA9,910 jobs$130,520
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ53,870 jobs$128,930
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA6,170 jobs$124,790
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Every job in this pathway

National figures. A field of study leads to several occupations, each with its own pay.

OccupationLowest 10%MedianTop 10%Jobs
Financial analysts —$103,570——
Personal financial advisors —$105,070——
Financial managers —$166,570——

"Jobs" counts wage-and-salary jobs in the OEWS survey; it differs from the employment totals in BLS projections. "—": BLS publishes this group as separate occupations; the median shown is the group figure from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Median pay by industry · financial analysts

  • Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments$124,370
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services$101,540
  • Credit intermediation and related activities$100,120
  • Management of companies and enterprises$101,760
  • Insurance carriers and related activities$95,830
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national, state, metro and nonmetro estimates). How Margdarshan sources its data → · Back to Finance