Business & Financial
Financial Analysts
SOC 13-2051
Analyze investments and company performance to guide where money should go.
The job
Median pay
$103k
$79k to $133k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.2% projected
Openings a year
25k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
11/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
67th pct
More exposed than 67% of occupations · modeled estimate · 85th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
56/100
Key skills
- Valuation
- Modeling
- Excel
- Research
- Communication
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 52,380 | 5.4 | 2.3× | $128k |
| California | 45,380 | 2.5 | 1.1× | $109k |
| Texas | 28,820 | 2.0 | 0.9× | $99k |
| Florida | 23,900 | 2.4 | 1.0× | $94k |
| Illinois | 20,520 | 3.4 | 1.4× | $101k |
| Massachusetts | 14,790 | 4.1 | 1.8× | $111k |
| Pennsylvania | 13,310 | 2.2 | 0.9× | $84k |
| North Carolina | 12,710 | 2.6 | 1.1× | $102k |
| Virginia | 10,410 | 2.5 | 1.1× | $105k |
| New Jersey | 10,380 | 2.4 | 1.0× | $109k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 9,780 | 2.0 | 0.9× | $99k |
| Ohio | 9,760 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $94k |
| Washington | 8,820 | 2.5 | 1.1× | $107k |
| Colorado | 8,040 | 2.8 | 1.2× | $104k |
| Minnesota | 7,450 | 2.5 | 1.1× | $103k |
| Michigan | 7,400 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $95k |
| Arizona | 5,940 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $94k |
| Wisconsin | 5,430 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $96k |
| Maryland | 5,360 | 1.9 | 0.8× | $100k |
| Tennessee | 4,910 | 1.5 | 0.6× | $93k |
| Utah | 4,510 | 2.6 | 1.1× | $91k |
| Missouri | 4,430 | 1.5 | 0.7× | $98k |
| Indiana | 3,680 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $82k |
| Washington DC | 3,670 | 5.2 | 2.3× | $106k |
| Connecticut | 3,657 | 2.2 | 0.9× | $110k~ |
| South Carolina | 3,600 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $94k |
| Alabama | 3,410 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $91k |
| Oregon | 2,820 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $121k |
| Kentucky | 2,460 | 1.2 | 0.5× | $82k |
| Delaware | 2,290 | 4.7 | 2.0× | $102k |
| Nebraska | 2,021 | 2.0 | 0.8× | $85k~ |
| Iowa | 2,000 | 1.3 | 0.6× | $92k |
| Kansas | 1,870 | 1.3 | 0.6× | $85k |
| Nevada | 1,830 | 1.2 | 0.5× | $83k |
| Rhode Island | 1,790 | 3.6 | 1.5× | $101k |
| Oklahoma | 1,550 | 0.9 | 0.4× | $80k |
| Louisiana | 1,450 | 0.7 | 0.3× | $76k |
| Arkansas | 1,390 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $81k |
| New Mexico | 930 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $88k |
| South Dakota | 820 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $99k |
| Mississippi | 720 | 0.6 | 0.3× | $80k |
| Maine | 710 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $88k |
| Idaho | 680 | 0.8 | 0.3× | $101k |
| Hawaii | 600 | 1.0 | 0.4× | $95k |
| New Hampshire | 580 | 0.8 | 0.4× | $83k |
| Montana | 440 | 0.9 | 0.4× | $99k |
| West Virginia | 400 | 0.6 | 0.2× | $69k |
| North Dakota | 300 | 0.7 | 0.3× | $78k |
| Vermont | 230 | 0.8 | 0.3× | $99k |
| Alaska | 190 | 0.6 | 0.3× | $102k |
| Wyoming | 190 | 0.7 | 0.3× | $187k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ53,870 jobs · $129k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA19,600 jobs · $102k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN17,150 jobs · $102k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH13,010 jobs · $118k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX11,530 jobs · $100k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV10,930 jobs · $108k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD10,050 jobs · $95k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA9,910 jobs · $131k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Financial Analysts interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.