Highest-paying Cities for Financial Examiners

The top 100 highest paying cities for financial examiners (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 examiners in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $129,070, Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont is the highest paying city for financial examiners. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $127,560). 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 examiners in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$129,070	$44,360	60
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$127,560	$74,680	11,030
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$124,540	$76,660	1,010
4	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$120,590	$61,730	110
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$120,410	$66,670	950
6	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$114,510	$55,570	30
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$106,080	$49,890	1,630
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$106,070	$57,920	150
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$105,790	$56,320	1,440
10	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$105,270	$56,080	120
11	Syracuse, New York	$105,000	$49,000	260
12	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$104,520	$61,770	1,060
13	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$104,350	$48,400	70
14	Tacoma, Washington	$102,490	$67,170	40
15	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$101,550	$63,340	70
16	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$101,490	$61,670	3,240
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$100,260	$67,290	180
18	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$99,700	$51,840	70
19	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$99,620	$70,370	60
20	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$99,490	$64,530	1,210
21	Knoxville, Tennessee	$98,900	$56,910	70
22	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$98,750	$62,820	260
23	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$98,390	$60,200	50
24	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$97,990	$49,320	100
25	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$96,790	$52,200	50
26	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$96,230	$56,310	300
27	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$96,200	$59,490	50
28	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$95,830	$60,600	1,450
29	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$95,710	$56,700	1,440
30	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$95,470	$59,810	210
31	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$94,700	$51,130	60
32	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$94,410	$45,640	290
33	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$93,870	$57,600	100
34	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$93,780	$57,120	40
35	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$93,560	$65,250	100
36	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$93,480	$47,640	1,140
37	Memphis, Tennessee	$93,080	$50,310	100
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$92,960	$55,190	1,210
39	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$92,580	$60,710	290
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$92,270	$60,730	1,180
41	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$91,710	$46,940	30
42	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$91,230	$60,800	1,700
43	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$91,060	$48,580	450
44	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$90,900	$50,310	330
45	Montgomery, Alabama	$90,290	$60,010	70
46	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$89,870	$47,990	140
47	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$88,770	$38,030	50
48	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$87,980	$50,000	50
49	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$87,490	$60,740	60
50	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$85,770	$55,580	520
51	Boulder, Colorado	$85,570	$51,900	n/a
52	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$85,550	$50,770	40
53	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$84,600	$50,600	1,360
54	Fargo, North Dakota	$84,260	$57,600	90
55	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$84,260	$54,570	30
56	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$84,240	$48,090	1,750
57	Duluth, Wisconsin	$83,210	$61,550	40
58	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$83,060	$60,220	450
59	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$82,910	$49,970	160
60	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$82,860	$59,540	1,430
61	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$82,750	$45,530	240
62	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$82,580	$51,430	180
63	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$82,230	$47,810	870
64	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$82,080	$30,780	30
65	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$81,950	$48,770	450
66	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$81,770	$49,250	400
67	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$81,730	$48,650	260
68	Wilmington, New Jersey	$81,640	$59,550	180
69	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$81,590	$48,410	30
70	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$81,560	$54,220	70
71	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$81,480	$49,310	570
72	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$81,480	$43,730	100
73	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$81,390	$50,350	30
74	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$80,880	$56,050	40
75	Salem, Oregon	$80,820	$62,460	60
76	St Louis, Missouri	$80,760	$64,590	840
77	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$80,750	$48,620	780
78	Jefferson City, Missouri	$80,580	$45,240	50
79	Jackson, Mississippi	$80,270	$47,560	120
80	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$80,260	$44,860	40
81	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$80,140	$49,250	110
82	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$80,120	$52,000	260
83	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$80,020	$48,490	660
84	Jacksonville, Florida	$79,590	$47,440	360
85	Rochester, New York	$79,550	$48,150	170
86	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$79,400	$54,410	290
87	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$79,210	$57,600	80
88	Fresno, California	$79,050	$58,810	n/a
89	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$78,900	$45,830	900
90	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$78,890	$47,770	30
91	Reading, Pennsylvania	$78,870	$48,620	30
92	Kansas City, Missouri	$78,820	$55,290	700
93	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$78,730	$55,760	40
94	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$78,540	$61,470	530
95	Columbia, South Carolina	$78,480	$60,560	50
96	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$78,420	$47,460	520
97	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$78,390	$47,670	310
98	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$78,360	$45,680	n/a
99	Framingham, Massachusetts	$78,050	$45,110	40
100	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$78,020	$62,220	3,240

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