Highest-paying Cities for Credit Analysts

The top 100 highest paying cities for credit analysts (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of credit analysts in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $128,750, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for credit analysts. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $125,990). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of credit analysts in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Credit Analysts

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$128,750	$71,970	7,760
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$125,990	$56,230	1,390
3	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$105,110	$57,450	5,210
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$104,720	$54,070	990
5	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$103,770	$57,950	640
6	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$102,850	$56,250	170
7	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$101,580	$49,600	50
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$101,150	$55,470	1,210
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$101,100	$57,120	380
10	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$99,420	$64,710	2,590
11	Richmond, Virginia	$99,340	$50,320	940
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$99,310	$52,880	270
13	Macon, Georgia	$98,050	$52,930	30
14	Modesto, California	$97,430	$57,930	50
15	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$95,450	$44,430	50
16	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$94,940	$48,940	110
17	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$94,680	$36,680	80
18	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$94,200	$51,240	110
19	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$93,480	$64,680	30
20	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$93,400	$44,270	40
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$92,730	$47,860	90
22	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$92,430	$48,670	40
23	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$91,900	$45,490	50
24	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$90,890	$48,220	30
25	Nashua, New Hampshire	$90,360	$71,240	40
26	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$89,980	$49,470	30
27	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$89,980	$48,050	n/a
28	Utica-Rome, New York	$89,290	$36,910	n/a
29	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$89,190	$53,800	70
30	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$88,170	$38,540	30
31	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$87,930	$51,170	1,130
32	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$87,150	$52,630	660
33	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$86,980	$57,540	60
34	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$86,470	$61,280	400
35	Danbury, Connecticut	$84,980	$48,050	40
36	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$83,960	$54,960	510
37	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$83,430	$52,190	40
38	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$83,250	$56,530	1,380
39	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$83,240	$50,790	170
40	Winchester, West Virginia	$82,690	$51,790	40
41	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$82,530	$54,950	970
42	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$82,510	$54,760	110
43	Jacksonville, Florida	$82,490	$50,710	600
44	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$82,390	$41,680	40
45	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$82,160	$45,520	350
46	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$82,110	$54,150	140
47	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$82,000	$44,750	510
48	Columbus, Ohio	$81,980	$50,110	760
49	Reading, Pennsylvania	$81,890	$48,490	70
50	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$81,790	$59,730	60
51	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$81,590	$47,770	1,430
52	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$81,200	$48,440	380
53	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$81,200	$54,320	510
54	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$81,190	$59,760	210
55	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$81,150	$47,670	480
56	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$81,070	$58,250	3,210
57	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$81,030	$62,050	150
58	Asheville, North Carolina	$80,370	$47,800	50
59	Salinas, California	$80,090	$60,390	50
60	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$79,980	$51,430	70
61	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$79,950	$58,020	1,830
62	Tallahassee, Florida	$79,930	$47,220	40
63	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$79,890	$48,170	30
64	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$79,700	$52,550	820
65	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$79,340	$51,440	640
66	Salisbury, Maryland	$78,950	$49,970	40
67	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$78,920	$51,070	940
68	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$78,860	$53,640	1,210
69	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$78,750	$46,080	150
70	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$78,700	$46,290	710
71	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$78,510	$32,460	360
72	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$78,180	$46,530	50
73	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$77,980	$52,220	690
74	Fargo, North Dakota	$77,960	$49,000	140
75	Manchester, New Hampshire	$77,930	$53,010	80
76	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$77,800	$45,440	70
77	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,790	$48,520	80
78	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$77,660	$47,960	2,870
79	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$77,630	$46,800	40
80	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$77,280	$47,850	570
81	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$77,210	$47,300	3,120
82	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$77,040	$49,450	310
83	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$76,970	$47,460	3,400
84	Wilmington, North Carolina	$76,890	$64,680	30
85	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$76,840	$45,120	40
86	Spokane, Washington	$76,610	$48,210	150
87	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$76,590	$50,000	300
88	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$76,580	$53,300	1,380
89	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$76,420	$38,490	140
90	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$76,210	$58,000	n/a
91	Huntsville, Alabama	$76,060	$38,250	50
92	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$76,020	$56,530	40
93	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$75,960	$44,630	2,310
94	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$75,920	$48,980	50
95	Boulder, Colorado	$75,910	$40,090	50
96	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$75,790	$57,390	40
97	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$75,780	$45,830	1,160
98	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$75,760	$46,300	40
99	Kansas City, Missouri	$75,300	$44,840	510
100	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$75,200	$45,900	50

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