Management

Financial Managers

SOC 11-3031

Direct an organization's financial health through reporting, forecasting, and investment calls.

The job

Median pay

$167k

$125k to $220k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+9.7% projected

Openings a year

66k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

3/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

90th pct

More exposed than 90% of occupations · modeled estimate · 52nd pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

61/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Speaking
Monitoring
Writing

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.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	93,310	5.1	0.9×	$181k
New York	80,810	8.3	1.5×	$220k
Texas	71,870	5.1	0.9×	$165k
Illinois	52,720	8.6	1.6×	$166k
Florida	48,910	4.9	0.9×	$153k
New Jersey	32,510	7.6	1.4×	$199k
Pennsylvania	32,180	5.3	1.0×	$146k
Ohio	27,360	4.9	0.9×	$141k
Massachusetts	26,150	7.2	1.3×	$207k
Michigan	22,490	5.1	0.9×	$139k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
North Carolina	22,460	4.5	0.8×	$167k
Georgia	21,390	4.4	0.8×	$167k
Virginia	20,850	5.1	0.9×	$185k
Connecticut	20,040	11.8	2.2×	$175k
Maryland	19,770	7.2	1.3×	$159k
Tennessee	17,630	5.4	1.0×	$141k
Minnesota	16,680	5.7	1.0×	$163k
Wisconsin	15,530	5.3	1.0×	$140k
Arizona	14,900	4.6	0.8×	$140k
Missouri	13,330	4.5	0.8×	$143k
Washington	12,930	3.6	0.7×	$175k
Indiana	12,560	3.9	0.7×	$136k
Colorado	10,640	3.7	0.7×	$183k
Iowa	9,130	5.9	1.1×	$133k
South Carolina	9,020	3.9	0.7×	$136k
Washington DC	8,930	12.7	2.4×	$189k
Utah	8,860	5.1	0.9×	$150k
Nevada	8,090	5.2	1.0×	$132k
Oregon	7,610	3.9	0.7×	$156k
Alabama	7,200	3.4	0.6×	$141k
Arkansas	7,120	5.5	1.0×	$117k
Louisiana	7,070	3.7	0.7×	$127k
Oklahoma	6,670	3.9	0.7×	$132k
Kentucky	6,630	3.3	0.6×	$131k
Nebraska	5,630	5.5	1.0×	$140k
Kansas	5,190	3.6	0.7×	$159k
New Hampshire	4,330	6.3	1.2×	$145k
Hawaii	3,790	6.0	1.1×	$134k
Mississippi	3,470	3.0	0.6×	$111k
Idaho	3,120	3.6	0.7×	$127k
Maine	3,120	4.9	0.9×	$134k
Delaware	2,810	5.8	1.1×	$182k
West Virginia	2,610	3.7	0.7×	$113k
Rhode Island	2,570	5.1	0.9×	$167k
New Mexico	2,530	2.9	0.5×	$134k
North Dakota	2,140	5.0	0.9×	$136k
Alaska	2,020	6.2	1.1×	$127k
Vermont	1,790	5.9	1.1×	$129k
Montana	1,510	3.0	0.6×	$131k
South Dakota	1,000	2.2	0.4×	$160k
Wyoming	730	2.6	0.5×	$125k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ89,960 jobs · $221k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN41,590 jobs · $169k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA34,480 jobs · $175k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX26,600 jobs · $169k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV26,430 jobs · $185k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH21,650 jobs · $210k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX18,570 jobs · $167k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD18,520 jobs · $167k median

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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.