Financial Examiners · SOC 13-2061

Financial Examiners Salary in the Syracuse Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Syracuse, NY metro area

Figures describe the Syracuse, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Syracuse city limits.

Median annual wage$85,030
Median hourly wage$40.88

Financial Examiners in the Syracuse, NY metro area earned a median of $85,030 per year ($40.88 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $49,400 at the 10th percentile to $163,640 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Financial Examiners in the Syracuse metro area earn more than $85,030 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $65,490 and $117,150.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$49,400$65,490$85,030$117,150$163,640
Hourly$23.75$31.49$40.88$56.32$78.68

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

  • Syracuse metro areathis metro area
    $85,030 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $65,490 to $117,150
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $128,920 median for New York; middle half earns $91,940 to $174,130
  • $94,160 median for United States; middle half earns $70,660 to $129,600

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

The median here is −34% vs New York overall and −10% 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 Syracuse metro area has the 52nd-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 New York

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

  • Syracuse metro areathis page
    $85,030 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $65,490 to $117,150
  • $133,380 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $98,300 to $175,040
  • $83,400 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $61,910 to $105,290
  • $80,640 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $64,850 to $104,560
  • $77,100 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $61,450 to $98,330
  • $73,600 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $53,970 to $88,110
  • $49,230 median for Utica metro area; middle half earns $49,230 to $60,320

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

Keep exploring

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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.