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Financial Examiners · SOC 13-2061

Financial Examiners Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$131,820
Median hourly wage$63.37

Financial Examiners in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $131,820 per year ($63.37 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $81,190 at the 10th percentile to $277,930 at the 90th. BLS estimates 750 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Financial Examiners in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $131,820 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $102,010 and $196,050.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$81,190$102,010$131,820$196,050$277,930
Hourly$39.04$49.04$63.37$94.26$133.62

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $131,820
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $106,000
  • United Statesnational
    $94,160

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +24% vs California overall and +40% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$37,470$77,967$118,463$158,960San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,470McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $41,530Cleveland, OH — $46,960Utica-Rome, NY — $49,230Mayaguez, PR — $50,660Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $57,590Tallahassee, FL — $57,680Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,470Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $60,360Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $60,750Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,980El Paso, TX — $61,060Waco, TX — $61,070Urban Honolulu, HI — $62,720Jefferson City, MO — $64,850Charleston, WV — $65,060Iowa City, IA — $65,240Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $66,170Albuquerque, NM — $68,440Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $69,360Dubuque, IA — $70,350Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $71,270Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $71,920Lincoln, NE — $72,110Reading, PA — $72,480Longview, TX — $72,810San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $73,080Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $73,600Erie, PA — $73,960Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $74,560Topeka, KS — $75,230Tulsa, OK — $75,670Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $75,930Springfield, MO — $76,210Bloomington, IL — $76,430Springfield, IL — $76,790Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $77,100Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $77,330Champaign-Urbana, IL — $77,340Columbia, MO — $77,420Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $77,610Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $77,650Lubbock, TX — $77,670Baton Rouge, LA — $77,800Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,250Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $78,290Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $78,310Jacksonville, FL — $79,000Fresno, CA — $79,280Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $79,870Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $79,980Omaha, NE-IA — $80,000Peoria, IL — $80,000Tucson, AZ — $80,000Akron, OH — $80,120Helena, MT — $80,170Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $80,350St. Louis, MO-IL — $80,430Wichita, KS — $80,450Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,490Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $80,640Columbus, OH — $81,000Raleigh-Cary, NC — $81,100Eugene-Springfield, OR — $81,230Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $81,680Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $81,830Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $81,970Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $82,220Lancaster, PA — $82,300Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $82,350Cedar Rapids, IA — $82,620Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $82,740Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $82,990Rochester, NY — $83,400Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $83,570Bismarck, ND — $83,940Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $84,040Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $84,150Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $84,390Knoxville, TN — $84,510Oklahoma City, OK — $84,510Boise City, ID — $84,640Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $84,650Syracuse, NY — $85,030Jackson, MS — $85,430Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $85,450Greensboro-High Point, NC — $87,040Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $87,390Madison, WI — $88,920Kansas City, MO-KS — $89,300Lexington-Fayette, KY — $89,730Columbia, SC — $90,260Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $90,770Fargo, ND-MN — $91,080Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $92,440Winston-Salem, NC — $92,490Salem, OR — $93,560Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $95,100Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $95,640New Haven, CT — $95,690Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $96,520Colorado Springs, CO — $96,670Roanoke, VA — $97,030Billings, MT — $97,430Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $97,720Pittsburgh, PA — $97,910Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $98,470Portland-South Portland, ME — $98,980Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $99,820Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $99,940Richmond, VA — $100,540Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $101,070New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $101,200Grand Island, NE — $101,690Anchorage, AK — $101,740Ogden, UT — $101,870Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $102,420Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $102,630Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $103,460Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $104,260Montgomery, AL — $105,180Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $105,230Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $105,240Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $105,600Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $106,000San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $106,090Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $114,860Manchester-Nashua, NH — $118,190Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $122,230San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $123,750Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $128,960San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $131,820New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $133,380Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $157,560Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $158,960

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Francisco metro area has the 4th-highest published median for this occupation among the 135 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for financial examiners, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $131,820
  • San Jose metro area
    $123,750
  • San Diego metro area
    $106,090
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $106,000
  • Sacramento metro area
    $102,630
  • Oxnard metro area
    $84,040
  • Fresno metro area
    $79,280

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Accountants and Auditors$110,730Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$123,250Management Analysts$126,730Business Operations Specialists, All Other$104,500Project Management Specialists$135,040Human Resources Specialists$103,140

Highest-paying metro areas for financial examinerss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.