Financial Analyst salary
What a financial analyst actually earns, from 967 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see financial analyst pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
Financial analysis is the rare role where the official number sits above the advertised one. Live US postings put the median near 82,000 dollars, but the OEWS median is 101,350, because job ads skew toward entry-level FP&A (financial planning and analysis) seats while OEWS counts the senior and buy-side analysts who rarely advertise. Read the OEWS line as the career, the posted band as the door. The stability is the real story: unemployment for financial and investment analysts is 1.7 percent, among the lowest of any desk job we track, because every company needs someone to forecast and defend the budget. The ceiling opens with the CFA (the Chartered Financial Analyst credential), which separates corporate analysts from the investment side where compensation stops being a salary and starts being a bonus. For an accountant weighing the move, this is the door out of the tight accounting band, and it opens with skills you already hold.
Open financial analyst roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Financial Analyst II - SalesPinterest · New York, NY, US$82kJul 22
- Managed Health Sr. Financial AnalystAurrera Health Group · United StatesRemoteJul 22
- Financial Analyst IIBraze · Chicago$64kJul 22
- Supervisory Budget AnalystImmigration and Customs Enforcement · Washington, District of Columbia$169k–$197kJul 21
- BUDGET ANALYSTDefense Media Activity · Fort Meade, Maryland$122k–$158kJul 21
- Financial Analyst #5545Senate · Washington, District of Columbia$103k–$174kJul 21
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$74,879 – $98,439 · median $80,442
- Canada$53,673 – $72,340 · median $62,053
- United Kingdom$53,774 – $80,434 · median $65,647
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- New Yorkmedian $126,580
- Californiamedian $111,100
- Oregonmedian $107,680
- Massachusettsmedian $107,610
- Virginiamedian $104,030
- Minnesotamedian $102,800
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Quick answers
How much do financial analysts make?
The official BLS OEWS median is 101,350 dollars, above the live-posting median of about 82,000 because job ads skew toward entry-level roles. The posted middle half runs 75,000 to 107,000.
Do financial analysts have job security?
Unusually good: unemployment for financial and investment analysts is 1.7 percent, among the lowest of the desk jobs we track.
Is the CFA worth it for a financial analyst?
It is the credential that separates corporate FP&A from the higher-paid investment side, where compensation shifts from salary toward bonus. Not required for most corporate roles.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-2051. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Financial and investment analysts.” Live corpus 967 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.