Financial and Investment Analysts in Wildwood-The Villages

BLS metro-level wage data places Financial and Investment Analysts pay in Wildwood-The Villages, FL at a median of $91,500 per year ($43.99/hr/hour), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared to the national median of $102,740, Wildwood-The Villages pays 11% below, which typically tracks with a lower local cost of living or smaller specialized-employer cluster. Approximately 100 financial and investment analystss are employed across the Wildwood-The Villages MSA in SOC 13-2051.

The Wildwood-The Villages pay distribution spans from $59,240 at the 10th percentile to $124,820 at the 90th, a 2.1× spread that reflects experience tenure, specialization, employer size, and the difference between public-sector, nonprofit, and private-sector compensation inside the metro. The 25th percentile sits at $80,310 and the 75th at $105,430, so half of Wildwood-The Villages-based financial and investment analystss earn within that middle band.

Metro figures capture where you actually work, not just where you live, which matters for commuters. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Wildwood-The Villages, FL covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. Remember that OEWS wages reflect base pay only: employer-provided health insurance, retirement matches, stock options, signing bonuses, overtime, and tips are excluded and can add 20-40% to real total compensation. Before using this metro median as a negotiation anchor, triangulate against the same occupation's national profile (linked below), its state-wide FL data, and peer-metro comparisons, a median is a starting point, not a ceiling.