Financial Examiners · SOC 13-2061

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Financial Examinerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for financial examiners. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 135 metro areas

Financial Examiners: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$158,960	80	0.2
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$157,560	890	0.3
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$133,380	13,400	1.4
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$131,820	750	0.3
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$128,960	Not published	Not published
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$123,750	190	0.2
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$122,230	210	0.1
8	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$118,190	50	0.2
9	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$114,860	210	0.4
10	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$106,090	220	0.1
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$106,000	1,630	0.3
12	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$105,600	140	1.1
13	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$105,240	1,670	1.2
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$105,230	820	0.3
15	Montgomery, AL	$105,180	70	0.4
16	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$104,260	940	0.5
17	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$103,460	260	0.2
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$102,630	410	0.4
19	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$102,420	90	0.2
20	Ogden, UT	$101,870	90	0.3
21	Anchorage, AK	$101,740	30	0.2
22	Grand Island, NE	$101,690	30	0.8
23	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$101,200	70	0.2
24	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$101,070	1,550	1.0
25	Richmond, VA	$100,540	510	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Financial Examiners overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.