Financial Examiners
United States. Estimated employment 67,830, with pages for 5 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 13-2061
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$94,160 · 50th
$56,23010th
$70,66025th
$94,16050th
$129,60075th
$174,20090th
That is the median — half of financial examiners in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Financial Examiners page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $133,380 | 13,400 |
| Syracuse, NY | $85,030 | 130 |
| Rochester, NY | $83,400 | 110 |
| Albany, NY | $80,640 | 320 |
| Buffalo, NY | $77,100 | 640 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 67,830 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 13-2061, Financial Examiners. Mapped to our taxonomy as financial-examiners.
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