The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $135,350, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for financial risk specialists. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $134,640). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $135,350 |
$79,430 | 240 |
| 2 | New York | $134,640 |
$82,230 | 11,270 |
| 3 | Delaware | $127,650 |
$67,340 | 1,290 |
| 4 | Virginia | $110,500 |
$65,770 | 1,460 |
| 5 | North Carolina | $106,440 |
$66,210 | 2,220 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | $105,300 |
$60,900 | 340 |
| 7 | New Jersey | $104,780 |
$69,440 | 2,060 |
| 8 | California | $104,260 |
$62,740 | 4,580 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | $102,530 |
$61,310 | 1,590 |
| 10 | Connecticut | $101,250 |
$64,240 | 530 |
| 11 | Oregon | $100,940 |
$58,280 | 520 |
| 12 | Ohio | $100,140 |
$61,250 | 1,710 |
| 13 | Minnesota | $99,950 |
$65,450 | 1,770 |
| 14 | Washington | $99,830 |
$67,680 | 590 |
| 15 | Georgia | $97,750 |
$48,490 | 1,250 |
| 16 | Florida | $96,820 |
$54,400 | 3,950 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | $96,440 |
$54,010 | 530 |
| 18 | Alabama | $94,930 |
$60,010 | 150 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $92,800 |
$58,290 | 1,160 |
| 20 | Arizona | $91,870 |
$50,050 | 1,440 |
| 21 | Colorado | $90,540 |
$57,940 | 1,330 |
| 22 | Illinois | $89,190 |
$61,420 | 2,100 |
| 23 | Maryland | $87,090 |
$62,740 | 1,300 |
| 24 | Utah | $86,010 |
$50,090 | 540 |
| 25 | Iowa | $84,790 |
$62,270 | 1,090 |
| 26 | Texas | $83,530 |
$47,540 | 4,180 |
| 27 | Kansas | $83,520 |
$53,180 | 280 |
| 28 | Maine | $83,410 |
$49,230 | 180 |
| 29 | Michigan | $83,260 |
$52,260 | 1,110 |
| 30 | South Dakota | $82,920 |
$62,110 | 110 |
| 31 | Mississippi | $81,720 |
$41,710 | 110 |
| 32 | Nevada | $80,660 |
$50,180 | 290 |
| 33 | Indiana | $79,670 |
$49,180 | 440 |
| 34 | Idaho | $79,150 |
$54,600 | 160 |
| 35 | Missouri | $79,100 |
$49,320 | 780 |
| 36 | South Carolina | $77,450 |
$50,330 | 350 |
| 37 | North Dakota | $77,190 |
$39,400 | 40 |
| 38 | Hawaii | $77,010 |
$52,870 | 100 |
| 39 | Louisiana | $76,020 |
$59,960 | 70 |
| 40 | Oklahoma | $74,160 |
$41,370 | 260 |
| 41 | New Mexico | $72,920 |
$51,060 | 150 |
| 42 | Kentucky | $72,400 |
$46,690 | 600 |
| 43 | Nebraska | $71,970 |
$45,800 | 210 |
| 44 | New Hampshire | $70,660 |
$17,640 | 170 |
| 45 | Arkansas | $64,940 |
$48,070 | 150 |
| 46 | Tennessee | $64,700 |
$48,470 | 1,000 |
| 47 | West Virginia | $62,710 |
$58,770 | 60 |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | $48,130 |
$27,250 | 80 |
Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of financial risk specialists in those states is not available at this time.
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