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Highest-paying Cities for Financial Risk Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for financial risk specialists (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 risk specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $142,800, Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut is the highest paying city for financial risk specialists. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $136,350). 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 risk specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$142,800	$72,790	220
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$136,350	$72,680	1,010
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$135,310	$82,830	11,660
4	Salisbury, Maryland	$129,440	$68,220	110
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$120,350	$74,500	290
6	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$112,600	$79,120	90
7	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$112,450	$65,370	30
8	Richmond, Virginia	$110,510	$65,770	390
9	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$109,480	$66,950	30
10	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$108,040	$74,470	1,460

11	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$105,300	$59,180	330
12	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$105,040	$61,510	270
13	Springfield, Massachusetts	$104,620	$56,430	70
14	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$104,540	$65,960	1,800
15	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$104,260	$82,950	n/a
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$104,250	$66,270	1,380
17	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$104,020	$52,170	80
18	Columbus, Ohio	$103,300	$65,170	690
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$102,900	$60,050	1,600
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$102,530	$62,150	1,410
21	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$101,610	$61,260	370
22	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$100,890	$56,510	130
23	Rochester, New York	$100,880	$57,520	160
24	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$100,480	$65,450	1,580
25	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$100,200	$58,790	30
26	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$100,110	$77,510	420
27	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$99,990	$52,950	970
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$99,820	$58,700	320
29	Madison, Wisconsin	$99,820	$58,490	50
30	Akron, Ohio	$99,810	$59,500	50
31	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$99,160	$51,670	1,040
32	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$98,690	$61,000	70
33	Boulder, Colorado	$98,630	$41,180	30
34	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$98,440	$59,860	230
35	New Haven, Connecticut	$98,410	$61,430	60
36	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$98,160	$60,670	30
37	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$98,090	$66,520	250
38	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$98,030	$64,730	110
39	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$97,930	$56,720	720
40	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$97,630	$63,500	70
41	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$97,610	$51,170	40
42	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$96,970	$58,530	90
43	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$96,700	$60,010	70
44	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$96,380	$62,940	1,810
45	Worcester, Massachusetts	$96,320	$53,780	50
46	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$96,270	$51,420	40
47	Roanoke, Virginia	$96,130	$51,530	40
48	Jacksonville, Florida	$96,050	$57,420	570
49	Syracuse, New York	$95,990	$62,960	100
50	Wichita, Kansas	$94,710	$58,650	40
51	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$94,420	$58,280	460
52	Stockton, California	$93,930	$67,380	30
53	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$93,890	$70,870	50
54	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$93,850	$50,250	1,330
55	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$93,610	$60,330	1,060
56	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$93,500	$60,050	80
57	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$93,300	$65,000	830
58	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$90,590	$63,450	50
59	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$90,460	$56,260	50
60	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$89,920	$52,550	70
61	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$89,770	$49,770	50
62	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$88,870	$60,370	140
63	Knoxville, Tennessee	$87,460	$40,760	70
64	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$87,460	$46,280	720
65	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$87,410	$60,000	240
66	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$87,340	$53,580	490
67	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$86,250	$62,410	620
68	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$85,870	$54,960	50
69	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$85,330	$65,680	50
70	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$85,180	$62,070	620
71	Peoria, Illinois	$84,930	$58,970	30
72	Provo-Orem, Utah	$84,790	$52,020	40
73	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$84,770	$55,160	30
74	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$84,700	$54,670	180
75	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$84,510	$47,380	1,810
76	Fresno, California	$84,250	$54,620	40
77	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$83,920	$55,040	190
78	Salt Lake City, Utah	$83,800	$50,070	450
79	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$83,780	$50,020	60
80	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$83,370	$56,040	600
81	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$83,310	$45,610	30
82	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$83,270	$51,370	190
83	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$83,040	$60,900	160
84	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$82,750	$50,200	380
85	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$82,640	$57,420	80
86	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$82,610	$54,790	40
87	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$82,610	$58,920	520
88	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$82,560	$59,550	400
89	Spokane, Washington	$82,380	$63,020	50
90	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$81,830	$56,570	110
91	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$81,820	$62,670	120
92	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$81,760	$55,410	30
93	Jackson, Mississippi	$81,720	$29,120	50
94	Manchester, New Hampshire	$81,680	$18,320	n/a
95	St Louis, Missouri	$80,590	$50,510	450
96	Kansas City, Missouri	$80,500	$49,520	300
97	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$79,400	$32,410	40
98	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$79,310	$50,930	100
99	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$78,420	$60,590	190
100	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$77,940	$40,110	40