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
Drag the marker, or type a figure
$102,740 · 50th
$63,72010th
$79,29025th
$102,74050th
$133,34075th
$180,86090th
That is the median — half 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 area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $144,910 | 3,880 |
| San Francisco, CA | $130,520 | 9,910 |
| New York, NY | $128,930 | 53,870 |
| Boston, MA | $117,520 | 13,010 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $109,780 | 150 |
| Washington, DC | $108,330 | 10,930 |
| Midland, TX | $106,460 | 230 |
| San Diego, CA | $106,040 | 3,830 |
| Oxnard, CA | $105,030 | 420 |
| Sacramento, CA | $103,980 | 1,590 |
| Syracuse, NY | $103,900 | 500 |
| Springfield, MA | $103,200 | 340 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $102,260 | 19,600 |
| Chicago, IL | $101,750 | 17,150 |
| Houston, TX | $101,660 | 6,510 |
| Austin, TX | $101,530 | 3,530 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $101,150 | 220 |
| Dallas, TX | $100,350 | 11,530 |
| Worcester, MA | $98,960 | 460 |
| Binghamton, NY | $98,460 | 130 |
| Buffalo, NY | $96,490 | 1,060 |
| Rockford, IL | $96,160 | 170 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $95,400 | 10,050 |
| Rochester, NY | $94,940 | 1,160 |
| Allentown, PA | $93,180 | 380 |
| Utica, NY | $92,360 | 140 |
| Lancaster, PA | $90,650 | 250 |
| Longview, TX | $88,130 | 110 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $87,820 | 180 |
| Champaign, IL | $84,330 | 190 |
| Peoria, IL | $83,500 | 420 |
| Springfield, IL | $83,490 | 130 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $82,530 | 2,390 |
| Harrisburg, PA | $81,360 | 570 |
| Erie, PA | $78,780 | 130 |
| York, PA | $77,800 | 150 |
| Bloomington, IL | $77,280 | 630 |
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.
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