Financial Managers
United States. Estimated employment 841,710, with pages for 87 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-3031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$166,570 · 50th
$94,31010th
$125,49025th
$166,57050th
$219,98075th
$323,27090th
That is the median — half of financial managers in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Financial Managers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $225,280 | 7,970 |
| New York, NY | $221,010 | 89,960 |
| San Francisco, CA | $216,150 | 17,040 |
| Boston, MA | $209,780 | 21,650 |
| Washington, DC | $185,270 | 26,430 |
| Springfield, MA | $175,950 | 920 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $175,310 | 34,480 |
| San Diego, CA | $174,210 | 7,350 |
| Midland, MI | $173,080 | 310 |
| Midland, TX | $172,520 | 800 |
| Atlanta, GA | $171,240 | 15,660 |
| Worcester, MA | $170,940 | 1,560 |
| Oxnard, CA | $169,900 | 1,330 |
| Syracuse, NY | $169,270 | 1,220 |
| Dallas, TX | $169,200 | 26,600 |
| Chicago, IL | $168,810 | 41,590 |
| Rochester, NY | $167,800 | 2,190 |
| Austin, TX | $167,180 | 7,210 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $166,920 | 18,520 |
| Houston, TX | $166,910 | 18,570 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $165,800 | 400 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $165,620 | 12,460 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $164,270 | 760 |
| Miami, FL | $164,230 | 14,540 |
| Buffalo, NY | $164,230 | 2,680 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $164,140 | 800 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $161,980 | 270 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $161,300 | 180 |
| Palm Bay, FL | $160,910 | 950 |
| Binghamton, NY | $160,780 | 300 |
| Detroit, MI | $160,240 | 11,670 |
| Rochester, MN | $158,570 | 390 |
| Baltimore, MD | $157,990 | 9,990 |
| Tampa, FL | $157,480 | 8,500 |
| Bloomington, IL | $156,240 | 1,400 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $156,010 | 320 |
| Peoria, IL | $155,840 | 1,170 |
| Naples, FL | $153,520 | 670 |
| Ithaca, NY | $152,410 | 210 |
| Odessa, TX | $152,200 | 280 |
| Lakeland, FL | $151,440 | 1,200 |
| Albany, NY | $150,590 | 2,680 |
| Jackson, MI | $149,930 | 310 |
| Wildwood, FL | $149,880 | 140 |
| Beaumont, TX | $149,360 | 520 |
| Allentown, PA | $146,030 | 1,390 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $145,940 | 12,030 |
| Crestview, FL | $145,810 | 490 |
| North Port, FL | $145,450 | 1,090 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $144,950 | 270 |
| Gainesville, GA | $144,850 | 290 |
| San Antonio, TX | $144,710 | 4,910 |
| Savannah, GA | $144,120 | 480 |
| Amarillo, TX | $143,350 | 550 |
| Columbus, GA | $141,460 | 340 |
| Monroe, MI | $140,110 | 150 |
| Rome, GA | $139,740 | 130 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $139,500 | 820 |
| Lexington Park, MD | $139,100 | 290 |
| Macon, GA | $138,160 | 310 |
| Athens, GA | $137,130 | 210 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $136,330 | 6,460 |
| St. Cloud, MN | $135,760 | 490 |
| Rockford, IL | $135,650 | 590 |
| Mankato, MN | $134,710 | 210 |
| Lancaster, PA | $134,280 | 950 |
| Brunswick, GA | $134,230 | 110 |
| Reading, PA | $133,900 | 760 |
| Hagerstown, MD | $133,590 | 380 |
| Springfield, IL | $133,530 | 670 |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $133,380 | 2,820 |
| Harrisburg, PA | $133,080 | 1,660 |
| York, PA | $133,030 | 640 |
| Lansing, MI | $132,590 | 1,190 |
| Chambersburg, PA | $132,580 | 190 |
| Decatur, IL | $131,250 | 220 |
| Kalamazoo, MI | $130,760 | 560 |
| Salisbury, MD | $127,860 | 310 |
| Champaign, IL | $127,680 | 660 |
| Kankakee, IL | $127,470 | 170 |
| Duluth, MN | $126,800 | 420 |
| Tucson, AZ | $126,170 | 1,360 |
| Yuma, AZ | $122,730 | 180 |
| Lake Havasu City, AZ | $105,290 | 170 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | $104,580 | 160 |
| Sierra Vista, AZ | $102,010 | 110 |
| Prescott Valley, AZ | $99,740 | 230 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 841,710 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 11-3031, Financial Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as financial-managers.
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