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Financial and Investment Analysts

United States. Estimated employment 361,980, with pages for 37 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-2051
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$102,740 · 50th
$63,72010th
$79,29025th
$102,74050th
$133,34075th
$180,86090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Financial and Investment Analysts page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
San Jose, CA$144,9103,880
San Francisco, CA$130,5209,910
New York, NY$128,93053,870
Boston, MA$117,52013,010
Santa Rosa, CA$109,780150
Washington, DC$108,33010,930
Midland, TX$106,460230
San Diego, CA$106,0403,830
Oxnard, CA$105,030420
Sacramento, CA$103,9801,590
Syracuse, NY$103,900500
Springfield, MA$103,200340
Los Angeles, CA$102,26019,600
Chicago, IL$101,75017,150
Houston, TX$101,6606,510
Austin, TX$101,5303,530
Kiryas Joel, NY$101,150220
Dallas, TX$100,35011,530
Worcester, MA$98,960460
Binghamton, NY$98,460130
Buffalo, NY$96,4901,060
Rockford, IL$96,160170
Philadelphia, PA$95,40010,050
Rochester, NY$94,9401,160
Allentown, PA$93,180380
Utica, NY$92,360140
Lancaster, PA$90,650250
Longview, TX$88,130110
Corpus Christi, TX$87,820180
Champaign, IL$84,330190
Peoria, IL$83,500420
Springfield, IL$83,490130
Pittsburgh, PA$82,5302,390
Harrisburg, PA$81,360570
Erie, PA$78,780130
York, PA$77,800150
Bloomington, IL$77,280630
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
361,980 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 13-2051, Financial and Investment Analysts. Mapped to our taxonomy as financial-and-investment-analysts.

Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.