Financial Specialists, All Other salary

SOC 13-2099 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$81,100

per year, nationally

Middle half

$61,290–$110,410

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

132,130

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.1%

10,300 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.

$48,460$151,490

10th: $48,460
25th: $61,290
Median: $81,100
75th: $110,410
90th: $151,490

Getting in

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

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

Where financial specialists, all other 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	$125,110	109.9	2,460	4.12×
2	Maine	$109,060	97.0	1,250	2.29×
3	New York	$107,490	107.9	9,750	1.18×
4	Maryland	$101,400	105.0	3,790	1.62×
5	Massachusetts	$99,970	105.8	—	—
6	New Jersey	$98,630	108.8	5,510	1.51×
7	Virginia	$92,930	101.1	5,070	1.45×
8	Indiana	$92,410	93.3	1,930	0.71×
9	Ohio	$90,060	92.8	4,170	0.89×
10	Colorado	$87,430	103.1	4,030	1.65×
11	Alabama	$87,110	88.8	530	0.30×
12	South Dakota	$86,260	88.6	90	0.22×
13	West Virginia	$86,200	89.5	920	1.55×
14	New Hampshire	$83,590	104.2	420	0.73×
15	Minnesota	$83,280	98.6	820	0.33×
16	Oregon	$83,080	103.4	900	0.54×
17	Illinois	$81,180	100.0	5,850	1.13×
18	Arizona	$81,180	100.7	910	0.33×
19	Washington	$80,930	107.0	2,910	0.96×
20	North Carolina	$80,900	94.3	4,190	1.00×
21	California	$80,810	110.7	14,290	0.92×
22	New Mexico	$80,610	92.2	720	0.98×
23	Delaware	$80,610	99.8	1,330	3.24×
24	Idaho	$79,440	95.5	210	0.29×
25	Iowa	$79,390	87.8	1,220	0.92×
26	Rhode Island	$78,990	102.3	510	1.20×
27	Pennsylvania	$78,610	97.6	4,030	0.78×
28	North Dakota	$78,260	89.0	150	0.40×
29	Georgia	$77,540	96.3	4,070	0.98×
30	Hawaii	$77,190	110.0	840	1.58×
31	Alaska	$77,070	102.4	130	0.47×
32	Oklahoma	$76,980	87.8	920	0.63×
33	Utah	$76,530	98.9	3,120	2.12×
34	South Carolina	$76,400	93.7	930	0.48×
35	Montana	$76,350	94.6	270	0.61×
36	Wyoming	$75,810	92.7	100	0.43×
37	Missouri	$75,800	90.8	2,710	1.08×
38	Vermont	$75,270	98.0	230	0.88×
39	Michigan	$75,040	96.2	2,620	0.70×
40	Mississippi	$73,920	87.0	400	0.41×
41	Texas	$71,650	97.1	13,550	1.13×
42	Tennessee	$69,240	91.9	2,420	0.87×
43	Nebraska	$66,290	90.1	480	0.56×
44	Kentucky	$65,690	90.2	690	0.41×
45	Wisconsin	$64,420	94.1	1,620	0.65×
46	Nevada	$61,930	100.0	1,220	0.92×
47	Florida	$61,660	103.4	6,960	0.82×
48	Arkansas	$60,600	86.9	370	0.34×
49	Louisiana	$59,860	88.2	2,990	1.82×
50	Kansas	$51,160	90.1	1,140	0.93×

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 specialists, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for financial specialists, all other

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	Lexington Park, MD	$132,620	100.8	720	11.98×
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$120,580	108.9	5,820	2.18×
3	Chambersburg, PA	$111,530	94.6	40	0.75×
4	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$110,740	92.7	1,040	3.28×
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$109,580	112.6	11,950	1.48×
6	Portland-South Portland, ME	$109,060	101.9	—	—
7	York-Hanover, PA	$108,160	96.0	110	0.70×
8	Huntsville, AL	$104,440	93.1	170	0.76×
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$100,950	110.4	960	0.99×
10	Salem, OR	$100,380	103.6	100	0.64×
11	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$100,150	108.3	—	—
12	Warner Robins, GA	$99,760	93.8	390	6.04×
13	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$99,570	105.6	210	2.62×
14	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$99,520	97.0	220	2.09×
15	Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	$97,470	87.1	340	10.96×
16	Boulder, CO	$95,790	105.2	220	1.34×
17	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$95,410	95.7	1,520	1.62×
18	Ogden, UT	$94,640	100.3	640	2.76×
19	Montgomery, AL	$94,520	89.7	110	0.81×
20	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$94,520	101.0	240	0.72×
21	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$93,840	100.9	360	1.25×
22	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$92,670	103.2	1,060	5.21×
23	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$92,330	101.1	130	0.89×
24	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$91,750	100.4	80	0.71×
25	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$91,430	99.8	120	0.91×
26	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$90,400	98.7	400	1.40×
27	Winchester, VA-WV	$90,230	96.5	140	2.50×
28	Fayetteville, NC	$90,060	92.0	110	0.95×
29	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$89,920	97.9	1,210	1.87×
30	Bismarck, ND	$89,740	91.0	40	0.61×
31	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$89,650	111.9	1,420	1.08×
32	Canton-Massillon, OH	$89,540	89.4	60	0.43×
33	Vineland, NJ	$89,180	96.0	40	0.66×
34	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$88,610	90.0	150	1.15×
35	Colorado Springs, CO	$88,520	100.7	370	1.38×
36	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$88,380	105.4	700	0.68×
37	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$88,090	105.8	2,820	2.07×
38	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$87,530	97.3	1,230	1.07×
39	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$86,880	100.0	110	0.51×
40	Albuquerque, NM	$86,490	95.5	470	1.38×

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 specialists, all other 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
Insurance Underwriters$81,370
Tax Preparers$54,920
Financial Examiners$94,160
Credit Analysts$83,510