Highest-paying Cities for Financial Analysts

The top 100 highest paying cities for financial 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 financial analysts in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $135,090, Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico is the highest paying city for financial analysts. It is followed by Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska (average annual salary $132,080). 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 financial analysts in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$135,090	$51,740	50
2	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$132,080	$86,190	30
3	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$127,420	$77,150	2,550
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$126,330	$80,110	2,730
5	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$123,230	$78,820	50,010
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$122,540	$78,070	8,750
7	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$115,330	$58,270	40
8	Missoula, Montana	$115,220	$61,960	40
9	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$109,990	$64,440	200
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$108,990	$67,060	7,460
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$108,730	$79,060	310
12	Anchorage, Alaska	$108,370	$66,370	130
13	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$104,190	$51,830	140
14	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$104,020	$60,220	70
15	Huntsville, Alabama	$103,400	$62,630	520
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$103,260	$65,090	10,730
17	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$102,240	$63,200	5,630
18	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$102,090	$61,350	80
19	Midland, Texas	$101,400	$59,830	120
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$100,560	$65,870	4,290
21	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$100,480	$61,030	35,170
22	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$100,110	$56,470	40
23	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$98,920	$70,040	70
24	Odessa, Texas	$98,840	$48,380	30
25	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$98,630	$59,670	970
26	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$98,180	$59,700	2,680
27	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$98,170	$62,390	90
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$98,140	$59,180	2,580
29	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$97,970	$62,710	140
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$97,950	$65,290	1,090
31	Madison, Wisconsin	$97,910	$54,870	810
32	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$97,890	$60,670	2,580
33	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$97,490	$65,170	4,380
34	Napa, California	$97,350	$56,320	30
35	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$97,130	$65,410	390
36	Visalia-Porterville, California	$97,110	$61,020	40
37	Binghamton, New York	$97,030	$58,940	170
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$96,950	$62,940	10,210
39	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$96,940	$61,840	12,130
40	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$96,670	$44,990	30
41	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$96,380	$58,860	2,150
42	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$96,280	$63,240	70
43	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$95,640	$55,210	150
44	Modesto, California	$95,350	$58,360	100
45	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$95,020	$62,970	10,910
46	Burlington, North Carolina	$94,950	$58,970	50
47	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$94,560	$64,500	770
48	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$94,490	$53,630	50
49	Worcester, Massachusetts	$94,480	$60,320	410
50	Richmond, Virginia	$94,180	$51,000	1,620
51	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$94,060	$64,270	1,980
52	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$94,050	$59,770	2,280
53	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$93,810	$61,670	1,220
54	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$93,740	$62,030	5,250
55	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$93,250	$54,040	160
56	Stockton, California	$93,190	$61,120	100
57	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$93,080	$53,160	270
58	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$92,850	$65,040	60
59	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$92,710	$60,440	820
60	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$92,340	$67,400	30
61	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$92,060	$67,320	40
62	Midland, Michigan	$91,990	$61,440	40
63	Bellingham, Washington	$91,330	$59,150	40
64	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$91,300	$55,070	8,660
65	Manchester, New Hampshire	$91,120	$63,990	110
66	Greeley, Colorado	$90,940	$53,430	90
67	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$90,800	$59,270	6,430
68	Salinas, California	$90,700	$62,940	90
69	Lima, Ohio	$90,430	$55,630	50
70	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$90,330	$56,140	30
71	Glens Falls, New York	$90,140	$57,770	30
72	Camden, New Jersey	$89,900	$56,720	700
73	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$89,890	$58,420	8,780
74	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$89,320	$53,320	4,360
75	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$89,150	$62,260	370
76	Peabody, Massachusetts	$89,140	$58,850	110
77	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$89,120	$61,190	140
78	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$89,010	$54,680	310
79	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$88,770	$60,430	290
80	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$88,590	$49,810	n/a
81	Ames, Iowa	$88,400	$61,700	30
82	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$88,380	$51,740	220
83	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$88,190	$56,160	9,670
84	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$88,150	$51,270	1,590
85	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$88,080	$62,280	770
86	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$87,840	$54,490	10,980
87	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$87,750	$55,910	530
88	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$87,690	$60,360	50
89	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$87,500	$60,890	60
90	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$87,010	$57,530	40
91	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$86,920	$59,440	30
92	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$86,490	$60,230	290
93	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$86,210	$43,440	n/a
94	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$86,050	$71,300	100
95	Montgomery, Alabama	$86,030	$58,470	70
96	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$85,710	$46,800	40
97	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$85,620	$51,100	2,040
98	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$85,590	$58,820	160
99	New Haven, Connecticut	$85,520	$63,040	660
100	St Marys County, Maryland	$85,510	$55,150	150

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