Financial Examiners salary

SOC 13-2061 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$94,160

per year, nationally

Middle half

$70,660–$129,600

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

67,830

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+18.5%

5,700 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$56,230$174,200

10th: $56,230
25th: $70,660
Median: $94,160
75th: $129,600
90th: $174,200

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Long-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where financial examiners earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$198,720	109.9	470	1.52×
2	New York	$128,920	107.9	13,480	3.19×
3	Connecticut	$120,530	103.6	—	—
4	Washington	$113,700	107.0	420	0.27×
5	Massachusetts	$111,110	105.8	950	0.60×
6	New Jersey	$106,410	108.8	2,190	1.17×
7	California	$106,000	110.7	4,200	0.53×
8	Minnesota	$104,260	98.6	1,280	1.00×
9	Virginia	$104,060	101.1	1,280	0.71×
10	Maryland	$102,980	105.0	350	0.29×
11	North Carolina	$100,730	94.3	2,610	1.21×
12	Colorado	$99,610	103.1	1,910	1.53×
13	Oregon	$94,630	103.4	820	0.96×
14	Rhode Island	$94,130	102.3	320	1.48×
15	Illinois	$93,150	100.0	4,050	1.52×
16	Delaware	$92,390	99.8	430	2.01×
17	Utah	$92,000	98.9	960	1.27×
18	Alaska	$90,530	102.4	50	0.32×
19	South Dakota	$88,690	88.6	150	0.78×
20	Tennessee	$87,110	91.9	500	0.35×
21	South Carolina	$86,440	93.7	480	0.48×
22	Wisconsin	$86,320	94.1	580	0.45×
23	Mississippi	$85,430	87.0	420	0.83×
24	Idaho	$85,260	95.5	210	0.57×
25	Nevada	$84,650	100.0	180	0.27×
26	Louisiana	$84,310	88.2	240	0.28×
27	North Dakota	$82,640	89.0	220	1.16×
28	Indiana	$81,300	93.3	420	0.30×
29	Montana	$80,970	94.6	140	0.63×
30	Maine	$80,840	97.0	230	0.83×
31	New Hampshire	$80,810	104.2	130	0.44×
32	Oklahoma	$80,760	87.8	400	0.53×
33	Kansas	$80,420	90.1	470	0.75×
34	Iowa	$80,370	87.8	1,020	1.51×
35	Arizona	$80,260	100.7	1,910	1.35×
36	Missouri	$79,990	90.8	2,290	1.79×
37	Pennsylvania	$78,500	97.6	2,590	0.98×
38	Texas	$78,140	97.1	5,230	0.85×
39	Georgia	$77,710	96.3	1,450	0.68×
40	Kentucky	$76,260	90.2	640	0.73×
41	Florida	$76,230	103.4	4,190	0.97×
42	Vermont	$74,680	98.0	170	1.28×
43	Nebraska	$74,460	90.1	840	1.88×
44	Michigan	$71,050	96.2	710	0.37×
45	Ohio	$69,040	92.8	3,680	1.52×
46	New Mexico	$67,950	92.2	220	0.59×
47	Hawaii	$62,720	110.0	270	0.98×
48	West Virginia	$60,590	89.5	240	0.78×
49	Arkansas	$57,590	86.9	540	0.94×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where financial examiners wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for financial examiners

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$158,960	101.0	80	0.45×
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$157,560	108.9	890	0.65×
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$133,380	112.6	13,400	3.24×
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$131,820	115.6	750	0.72×
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$128,960	106.9	—	—
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$123,750	110.4	190	0.38×
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$122,230	111.1	210	0.23×
8	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$118,190	105.7	50	0.52×
9	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$114,860	102.7	210	0.80×
10	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$106,090	111.9	220	0.33×
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$106,000	113.6	1,630	0.60×
12	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$105,600	103.7	140	2.46×
13	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$105,240	97.3	1,670	2.82×
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$105,230	108.3	820	0.69×
15	Montgomery, AL	$105,180	89.7	70	0.90×
16	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$104,260	104.8	940	1.11×
17	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$103,460	104.5	260	0.44×
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$102,630	106.7	410	0.86×
19	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$102,420	92.2	90	0.35×
20	Ogden, UT	$101,870	100.3	90	0.77×
21	Anchorage, AK	$101,740	105.4	30	0.42×
22	Grand Island, NE	$101,690	86.7	30	1.89×
23	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$101,200	92.6	70	0.36×
24	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$101,070	105.8	1,550	2.21×
25	Richmond, VA	$100,540	97.9	510	1.76×
26	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$99,940	101.1	40	0.48×
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$99,820	105.4	560	1.07×
28	Portland-South Portland, ME	$98,980	101.9	80	0.66×
29	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$98,470	103.6	3,160	1.60×
30	Pittsburgh, PA	$97,910	94.7	710	1.45×
31	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$97,720	101.8	310	1.01×
32	Billings, MT	$97,430	93.5	50	1.20×
33	Roanoke, VA	$97,030	93.6	40	0.57×
34	Colorado Springs, CO	$96,670	100.7	130	0.94×
35	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$96,520	103.2	210	2.02×
36	New Haven, CT	$95,690	104.6	—	—
37	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$95,640	100.9	780	2.16×
38	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$95,100	90.6	100	1.32×
39	Salem, OR	$93,560	103.6	90	1.15×
40	Winston-Salem, NC	$92,490	92.0	70	0.59×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where financial examiners wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Accountants and Auditors$83,680
Financial and Investment Analysts$102,740
Loan Officers$76,690
Personal Financial Advisors$105,070
Financial Specialists, All Other$81,100
Insurance Underwriters$81,370
Tax Preparers$54,920
Credit Analysts$83,510