Sales & Related
Private Bankers
SOC 41-3031
Serve ultra-high-net-worth clients with banking, lending, and investment services.
The job
Median pay
$79k
$57k to $130k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.4% projected
Openings a year
35k
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
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
94th pct
More exposed than 94% of occupations · modeled estimate · 76th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
38/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Learning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 55,860 | 3.1 | 1.0× | $80k |
| New York | 55,630 | 5.7 | 1.8× | $168k |
| Florida | 42,600 | 4.3 | 1.4× | $63k |
| Texas | 41,640 | 3.0 | 0.9× | $78k |
| Illinois | 27,920 | 4.6 | 1.4× | $100k |
| North Carolina | 21,890 | 4.4 | 1.4× | $74k |
| Pennsylvania | 15,510 | 2.6 | 0.8× | $72k |
| New Jersey | 15,230 | 3.6 | 1.1× | $82k |
| Georgia | 14,950 | 3.1 | 1.0× | $60k |
| Arizona | 14,600 | 4.5 | 1.4× | $75k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 14,510 | 4.0 | 1.3× | $100k |
| Ohio | 13,520 | 2.4 | 0.8× | $73k |
| Colorado | 12,360 | 4.3 | 1.4× | $67k |
| Tennessee | 11,370 | 3.5 | 1.1× | $58k |
| Virginia | 11,320 | 2.8 | 0.9× | $63k |
| Minnesota | 8,820 | 3.0 | 0.9× | $83k |
| Missouri | 8,770 | 3.0 | 0.9× | $79k |
| Washington | 8,770 | 2.5 | 0.8× | $76k |
| Maryland | 8,420 | 3.0 | 1.0× | $62k |
| South Carolina | 7,230 | 3.1 | 1.0× | $55k |
| Michigan | 7,160 | 1.6 | 0.5× | $73k |
| Indiana | 6,460 | 2.0 | 0.6× | $68k |
| Wisconsin | 5,980 | 2.0 | 0.7× | $74k |
| Connecticut | 5,730 | 3.4 | 1.1× | $99k |
| Kentucky | 5,340 | 2.7 | 0.8× | $59k |
| Alabama | 4,710 | 2.2 | 0.7× | $49k |
| Utah | 4,520 | 2.6 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Louisiana | 4,130 | 2.1 | 0.7× | $48k |
| Nevada | 3,140 | 2.0 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Oregon | 2,900 | 1.5 | 0.5× | $77k |
| Arkansas | 2,330 | 1.8 | 0.6× | $55k |
| Kansas | 2,310 | 1.6 | 0.5× | $76k |
| Oklahoma | 2,310 | 1.4 | 0.4× | $76k |
| Delaware | 2,300 | 4.7 | 1.5× | $84k |
| Iowa | 2,300 | 1.5 | 0.5× | $64k |
| Nebraska | 2,150 | 2.1 | 0.7× | $83k |
| Mississippi | 1,950 | 1.7 | 0.5× | $47k |
| Rhode Island | 1,780 | 3.6 | 1.1× | $86k~ |
| Idaho | 1,690 | 2.0 | 0.6× | $65k |
| New Mexico | 1,690 | 1.9 | 0.6× | $61k |
| New Hampshire | 1,530 | 2.2 | 0.7× | $79k |
| Washington DC | 1,500 | 2.1 | 0.7× | $72k |
| West Virginia | 930 | 1.3 | 0.4× | $50k |
| North Dakota | 740 | 1.7 | 0.6× | $64k |
| South Dakota | 730 | 1.6 | 0.5× | $87k |
| Maine | 690 | 1.1 | 0.3× | $60k |
| Montana | 430 | 0.8 | 0.3× | $78k~ |
| Hawaii | 420 | 0.7 | 0.2× | $58k |
| Wyoming | 280 | 1.0 | 0.3× | $75k~ |
| Alaska | 260 | 0.8 | 0.3× | $76k |
| Vermont | 240 | 0.8 | 0.3× | $88k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ59,450 jobs · $168k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN24,080 jobs · $101k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA21,050 jobs · $78k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX15,370 jobs · $87k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL14,190 jobs · $64k median
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ12,220 jobs · $78k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH11,860 jobs · $101k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,420 jobs · $102k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Private Bankers 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.