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Pay · 13-2051

Financial and investment analysts earn $102,740 a year at the midpoint

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The lowest tenth are paid about $63,720, the highest tenth about $180,860 — figures from the 2025 federal wage survey.

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$102,740median a year · United States
$49.40an hour $116,800average 361,980people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$79,29025th $102,740median $133,34075th
$63,72010th percentile $180,86090th percentile
$79,290a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$187,090best-paying state · Wyoming
$69,030lowest-paying state · West Virginia
+82%top state against the national median
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  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
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  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $187,090 in Wyoming and $69,030 in West Virginia — a gap of $118,060 a year.

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  • Advised clients on aspects of capitalization, such as amounts, sources, or timing.
  • Analyzed financial or operational performance of companies facing financial difficulties to identify or recommend remedies.
  • Assessed companies as investments for clients by examining company facilities.

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Financial and investment analyst wages across the states

The 42 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.69 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
New York $127,930 $77,540 $77,540 — $225,380 52,380
Oregon $120,590 $77,150 $77,150 — $203,550 2,820
Massachusetts $111,040 $77,940 $77,940 — $205,320 14,790
California $109,110 $72,840 $72,840 — $198,280 45,380
New Jersey $108,610 $71,650 $71,650 — $179,770 10,380
Washington $107,210 $64,810 $64,810 — $167,790 8,820
District of Columbia $105,780 $67,620 $67,620 — $207,330 3,670
Virginia $105,490 $67,540 $67,540 — $176,690 10,410
Colorado $103,850 $71,590 $71,590 — $171,570 8,040
Minnesota $102,990 $65,290 $65,290 — $161,580 7,450
North Carolina $102,390 $61,670 $61,670 — $167,250 12,710
Delaware $101,800 $68,530 $68,530 — $168,450 2,290
Illinois $101,180 $64,700 $64,700 — $166,090 20,520
Idaho $100,830 $61,660 $61,660 — $145,670 680
Rhode Island $100,550 $63,050 $63,050 — $175,270 1,790
Maryland $100,370 $64,690 $64,690 — $183,320 5,360
Georgia $99,420 $66,140 $66,140 — $167,700 9,780
South Dakota $99,150 $55,010 $55,010 — $239,700 820
Texas $99,150 $63,230 $63,230 — $169,990 28,820
Missouri $98,420 $60,500 $60,500 — $160,540 4,430
Wisconsin $95,570 $61,900 $61,900 — $152,460 5,430
Michigan $95,420 $63,180 $63,180 — $154,230 7,400
Hawaii $94,640 $63,080 $63,080 — $138,830 600
Florida $94,490 $60,620 $60,620 — $155,470 23,900
Ohio $94,280 $57,870 $57,870 — $142,420 9,760
South Carolina $93,670 $58,420 $58,420 — $157,700 3,600
Arizona $93,540 $62,340 $62,340 — $161,870 5,940
Tennessee $92,990 $50,130 $50,130 — $140,870 4,910
Iowa $92,370 $62,310 $62,310 — $135,890 2,000
Utah $91,370 $57,390 $57,390 — $154,230 4,510
Alabama $91,290 $52,200 $52,200 — $157,320 3,410
Maine $88,320 $64,110 $64,110 — $133,270 710
New Mexico $87,630 $63,630 $63,630 — $143,660 930
Kansas $84,860 $58,680 $58,680 — $128,750 1,870
Pennsylvania $84,460 $57,260 $57,260 — $155,320 13,310
Nevada $83,430 $62,460 $62,460 — $125,010 1,830
Indiana $81,760 $55,550 $55,550 — $127,550 3,680
Kentucky $81,660 $49,930 $49,930 — $136,480 2,460
Arkansas $81,110 $48,850 $48,850 — $137,210 1,390
Oklahoma $79,640 $53,260 $53,260 — $138,910 1,550
Mississippi $79,580 $50,290 $50,290 — $132,440 720
Louisiana $75,680 $49,550 $49,550 — $132,230 1,450

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Place 104 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 87% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 102 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay $103,020
  2. 103 Physical therapists $102,760
  3. 104 Financial and investment analysts $102,740
  4. 105 Industrial Engineers $102,440
  5. 106 Project Management Specialists $102,320

Adjacent work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Financial and investment analysts$102,740
Financial Risk Specialists$117,330+$14,590 Personal Financial Advisors$105,070+$2,330 Insurance Underwriters$81,370−$21,370

Questions people ask most

What is a financial and investment analyst’s yearly income?

A financial and investment analyst makes a median of $102,740 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $79,290 and $133,340.

What is a financial and investment analyst’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $49.40 an hour; the average is $116,800 a year.

What is the starting pay for a financial and investment analyst?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $79,290 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $63,720.

Which state pays financial and investment analysts the most?

Wyoming, with a median of $187,090 a year.

How many people work as financial and investment analysts?

About 361,980 in the United States — number 104 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $300 of what financial and investment analysts earn — $102,740 a year — but not always the same spread.

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