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Financial Risk Specialists · SOC 13-2054

Financial Risk Specialists Salary in the Durham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area

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

Median annual wage$109,770
Median hourly wage$52.78

Financial Risk Specialists in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area earned a median of $109,770 per year ($52.78 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $62,520 at the 10th percentile to $205,820 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Financial Risk Specialists in the Durham metro area earn more than $109,770 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $76,860 and $143,070.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$62,520$76,860$109,770$143,070$205,820
Hourly$30.06$36.95$52.78$68.78$98.95

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

  • Durham metro areathis metro area
    $109,770
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $132,040
  • United Statesnational
    $117,330

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

The median here is −17% vs North Carolina overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$56,960$93,787$130,613$167,440Lafayette, LA — $56,960Baton Rouge, LA — $58,440San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $60,360New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,820Monroe, LA — $62,850Ogden, UT — $62,850Lubbock, TX — $63,140Boise City, ID — $64,150Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $64,290Tucson, AZ — $70,480Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $70,900Tallahassee, FL — $72,360Springfield, IL — $74,360Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $74,540Fargo, ND-MN — $76,940Oklahoma City, OK — $78,120Lexington-Fayette, KY — $78,820Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $79,170Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $79,710Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $80,360Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $81,240Birmingham, AL — $81,750Fort Wayne, IN — $82,390Toledo, OH — $82,930Albuquerque, NM — $83,190Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $83,230Knoxville, TN — $83,240Rochester, NY — $85,540Jacksonville, FL — $85,700Eugene-Springfield, OR — $85,900Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $88,910El Paso, TX — $89,850Urban Honolulu, HI — $89,860Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $90,300Cedar Rapids, IA — $91,480Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $91,880Worcester, MA — $92,670Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $92,810Omaha, NE-IA — $93,180Fresno, CA — $93,310Jackson, MS — $93,400Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $93,470Cleveland, OH — $93,730Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $94,220Columbia, SC — $94,620Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $95,250Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $96,050Tulsa, OK — $96,300Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $96,310Greensboro-High Point, NC — $96,550Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $96,980Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $96,980Akron, OH — $97,180Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $97,490St. Louis, MO-IL — $97,920Springfield, MO — $98,450Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $98,820Pittsburgh, PA — $99,680Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $99,730Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $100,260Raleigh-Cary, NC — $100,260Columbus, OH — $100,350Madison, WI — $100,350Green Bay, WI — $100,420Kansas City, MO-KS — $100,620Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $100,870Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $100,950Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $101,090Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $101,200Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $101,280Columbia, MO — $101,570Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $101,900Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $101,910Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $101,990Boulder, CO — $102,380Lancaster, PA — $102,510Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $102,600Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $102,640Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $103,470Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $103,760San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $103,990Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $104,190Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $104,500Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $104,700Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $104,850Richmond, VA — $105,060Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $105,110Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $105,370Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $105,420Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $105,500Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $106,400Manchester-Nashua, NH — $107,260Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $108,110Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $108,410Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $108,540Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $109,770Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $113,230North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $115,050Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $118,620Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $119,470Peoria, IL — $119,580Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $119,720Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $120,570San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $121,010Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $122,530Syracuse, NY — $122,740Dover, DE — $122,930Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $124,340Ann Arbor, MI — $125,020Portland-South Portland, ME — $126,430Colorado Springs, CO — $126,500Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $126,510Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $130,880Winston-Salem, NC — $131,630Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $132,480Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $132,580Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $133,530Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $134,330New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $139,670San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $166,240San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $167,440

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 Durham metro area has the 26th-highest published median for this occupation among the 121 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 North Carolina

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

  • Durham metro areathis page
    $109,770
  • Charlotte metro area
    $133,530
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $131,630
  • Raleigh metro area
    $100,260
  • Greensboro metro area
    $96,550

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:

Business Operations Specialists, All Other$95,460Project Management Specialists$104,870Accountants and Auditors$85,090Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$93,110Human Resources Specialists$81,100Management Analysts$126,110

Highest-paying metro areas for financial risk specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Durham 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.