13 Series · SOC 13-2054

Financial Risk Specialists Salary

National pay, percentile range, growth outlook, and state-by-state detail from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey (May 2025).

$117,330
Median / year
$196,110
Top 10% earn
+6.5%
Growth '23–'33
63,850
US workers
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Financial Risk Specialists professionals earn a median $117,330/year ($56.41/hr) nationally. The salary ranges from $64,820 (10th percentile) to $196,110 (90th percentile). Employment is projected to grow6.5% from 2023 to 2033, faster than average. The highest-paying state is New Hampshire at $158,320. Approximately 63,850 people work in this role across the U.S. Entry-level education: Bachelor's degree. Workplace safety grade: A (Very Safe).

Financial Risk Specialists (SOC 13-2054) pays a national median of $117,330 per year according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey released in May 2025. Full-range compensation stretches from $64,820 at the 10th percentile to $196,110 at the 90th, with a mean of $124,420 indicating a right-skew where top earners pull the average above the midpoint. An estimated 63,850 Americans work in this occupation across 51 reporting states and 138 metro areas.

BLS Employment Projections forecast a +6.5% change in employment from 2023 to 2033, which the agency classifies as faster than average relative to the 5% all-occupations baseline. About 4,800 openings are projected per year, combining new positions with replacement needs from retirements and occupation-switchers. Typical entry-level preparation is Bachelor's degree. The BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) produce a workplace-safety grade of A for this role, with a fatality rate of 0.3 per 100,000 and injury rate of 0.3 per 100.

Geographic variation matters as much as the headline median. New Hampshire pays the highest state median at $158,320, which is +35% above the national figure. The top metro is San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA at $167,440 — metro premiums typically reflect higher cost of living, industry concentration, or specialized employer demand. When using this page for negotiation or career planning, pair the national median with the state and metro rows below, remember that BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, and revisit after each May OEWS release since percentiles shift with cost-of-living cycles and industry demand.

BLS OEWS May 2025 63,850 jobs Median $117,330/yr

Median Salary

$117,330

per year

Median Hourly

$56.41/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$124,420

average

Employment

63,850

jobs nationwide

This occupation vs. all-occupations US median ($63,000) 58.7%
All-occ US median

Bar fills relative to a $200K reference ceiling. Marker shows the all-occupations US median for context — anything to the right of it earns above the typical American worker.

Job Outlook (2023–2033)

Projected Growth

+6.5%

Faster than average

Annual Openings

4,800

per year (projected)

Typical Education

Bachelor's degree

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2023–2033

Workplace Safety

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A

Very Safe

Safety Grade (BLS 2023)

Fatality Rate

0.3/100K

Injury Rate

0.3/100

Danger Index

1.4/100

Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) & Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), 2023

Career Intelligence

Skills, knowledge, and tasks most important for Financial Risk Specialists roles, ranked by importance. Source: O*NET.

Key Tasks

  • ▸ Analyze areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of organizations.
  • ▸ Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.
  • ▸ Conduct statistical analyses to quantify risk, using statistical analysis software or econometric models.
  • ▸ Confer with traders to identify and communicate risks associated with specific trading strategies or positions.
  • ▸ Consult financial literature to ensure use of the latest models or statistical techniques.
  • ▸ Contribute to development of risk management systems.
  • ▸ Determine potential environmental impacts of new products or processes on long-term growth and profitability.
  • ▸ Develop contingency plans to deal with emergencies.
  • ▸ Develop or implement risk-assessment models or methodologies.
  • ▸ Devise scenario analyses reflecting possible severe market events.

Source: O*NET Online, National Center for O*NET Development. Data represents typical importance ratings for this occupation.

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$64,820$83,980$117,330$158,250$196,110
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$31.17$40.37$56.41$76.08$94.29
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$64,820

25th Percentile

$83,980

Median

$117,330

75th Percentile

$158,250

90th Percentile

$196,110

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. New Hampshire $158,320 2. Maine $141,020 3. Delaware $139,440 4. New York $136,830 5. North Carolina $132,040

Lowest Paying States

47. Louisiana $58,440 48. Puerto Rico $60,360 49. Arkansas $66,110 50. North Dakota $74,630 51. Kentucky $74,640
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New Hampshire $158,320 +35% above national
2 Maine $141,020 +20% above national
3 Delaware $139,440 +19% above national
4 New York $136,830 +17% above national
5 North Carolina $132,040 +13% above national
6 Massachusetts $130,400 +11% above national
7 New Jersey $129,220 +10% above national
8 California $129,110 +10% above national
9 Virginia $126,510 +8% above national
10 Washington $123,150 +5% above national
11 Colorado $120,300 +3% above national
12 Wyoming $119,550 +2% above national
13 Maryland $117,130 same as national
14 Connecticut $113,990 3% below national
15 Oregon $109,580 7% below national
16 Iowa $105,680 10% below national
17 Minnesota $105,420 10% below national
18 Rhode Island $104,470 11% below national
19 Illinois $104,300 11% below national
20 Michigan $103,940 11% below national
21 Texas $103,760 12% below national
22 Pennsylvania $103,040 12% below national
23 Arizona $102,800 12% below national
24 Montana $100,920 14% below national
25 Missouri $100,620 14% below national
26 Georgia $100,570 14% below national
27 Nevada $100,010 15% below national
28 Florida $99,900 15% below national
29 South Carolina $99,520 15% below national
30 Indiana $99,250 15% below national
31 District of Columbia $99,230 15% below national
32 Ohio $98,650 16% below national
33 Wisconsin $97,820 17% below national
34 Mississippi $96,100 18% below national
35 West Virginia $94,350 20% below national
36 Nebraska $94,280 20% below national
37 Tennessee $90,950 22% below national
38 Hawaii $89,860 23% below national
39 New Mexico $87,260 26% below national
40 Alaska $85,370 27% below national
41 Oklahoma $85,140 27% below national
42 Kansas $84,790 28% below national
43 Alabama $81,750 30% below national
44 South Dakota $78,960 33% below national
45 Utah $77,770 34% below national
46 Idaho $76,870 34% below national
47 Kentucky $74,640 36% below national
48 North Dakota $74,630 36% below national
49 Arkansas $66,110 44% below national
50 Puerto Rico $60,360 49% below national
51 Louisiana $58,440 50% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $167,440 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $166,240 3. Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $158,320 4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $139,670 5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $134,330

Lowest Paying Metros

134. Lafayette, LA $56,960 135. Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $57,560 136. Baton Rouge, LA $58,440 137. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $60,360 138. New Orleans-Metairie, LA $60,820
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $167,440 +43% above national
2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $166,240 +42% above national
3 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $158,320 +35% above national
4 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $139,670 +19% above national
5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $134,330 +14% above national
6 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $133,530 +14% above national
7 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $133,440 +14% above national
8 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $132,580 +13% above national
9 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $132,480 +13% above national
10 Winston-Salem, NC $131,630 +12% above national
11 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $130,880 +12% above national
12 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $126,510 +8% above national
13 Colorado Springs, CO $126,500 +8% above national
14 Portland-South Portland, ME $126,430 +8% above national
15 Ann Arbor, MI $125,020 +7% above national
16 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $124,340 +6% above national
17 Dover, DE $122,930 +5% above national
18 Syracuse, NY $122,740 +5% above national
19 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $122,530 +4% above national
20 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $121,810 +4% above national
21 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $121,010 +3% above national
22 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $120,570 +3% above national
23 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $119,720 +2% above national
24 Peoria, IL $119,580 +2% above national
25 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $119,550 +2% above national
26 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $119,470 +2% above national
27 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $118,620 +1% above national
28 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $115,050 2% below national
29 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $113,230 3% below national
30 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $109,770 6% below national
31 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $108,540 7% below national
32 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $108,410 8% below national
33 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $108,110 8% below national
34 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $107,760 8% below national
35 Manchester-Nashua, NH $107,260 9% below national
36 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $106,400 9% below national
37 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $105,500 10% below national
38 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $105,420 10% below national
39 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $105,370 10% below national
40 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $105,110 10% below national
41 Richmond, VA $105,060 10% below national
42 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $104,850 11% below national
43 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $104,700 11% below national
44 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $104,500 11% below national
45 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $104,190 11% below national
46 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $103,990 11% below national
47 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $103,760 12% below national
48 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $103,470 12% below national
49 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $102,640 13% below national
50 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $102,600 13% below national
51 Lancaster, PA $102,510 13% below national
52 Boulder, CO $102,380 13% below national
53 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $101,990 13% below national
54 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $101,910 13% below national
55 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $101,900 13% below national
56 Columbia, MO $101,570 13% below national
57 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $101,280 14% below national
58 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $101,200 14% below national
59 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $101,090 14% below national
60 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $100,950 14% below national
61 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $100,870 14% below national
62 Kansas City, MO-KS $100,620 14% below national
63 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $100,460 14% below national
64 Green Bay, WI $100,420 14% below national
65 Columbus, OH $100,350 14% below national
66 Madison, WI $100,350 14% below national
67 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $100,260 15% below national
68 Raleigh-Cary, NC $100,260 15% below national
69 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $99,730 15% below national
70 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $99,720 15% below national
71 Pittsburgh, PA $99,680 15% below national
72 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $98,820 16% below national
73 Springfield, MO $98,450 16% below national
74 St. Louis, MO-IL $97,920 17% below national
75 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $97,490 17% below national
76 Akron, OH $97,180 17% below national
77 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $97,180 17% below national
78 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $96,980 17% below national
79 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $96,980 17% below national
80 Greensboro-High Point, NC $96,550 18% below national
81 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $96,310 18% below national
82 Tulsa, OK $96,300 18% below national
83 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $96,050 18% below national
84 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $95,890 18% below national
85 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $95,250 19% below national
86 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $94,830 19% below national
87 Columbia, SC $94,620 19% below national
88 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $94,560 19% below national
89 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $94,220 20% below national
90 Cleveland, OH $93,730 20% below national
91 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $93,470 20% below national
92 Jackson, MS $93,400 20% below national
93 Fresno, CA $93,310 20% below national
94 Omaha, NE-IA $93,180 21% below national
95 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $92,810 21% below national
96 Worcester, MA $92,670 21% below national
97 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $91,880 22% below national
98 Cedar Rapids, IA $91,480 22% below national
99 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $90,300 23% below national
100 Urban Honolulu, HI $89,860 23% below national
101 El Paso, TX $89,850 23% below national
102 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $89,490 24% below national
103 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $88,910 24% below national
104 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $87,240 26% below national
105 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $86,130 27% below national
106 Eugene-Springfield, OR $85,900 27% below national
107 Jacksonville, FL $85,700 27% below national
108 Rochester, NY $85,540 27% below national
109 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $83,270 29% below national
110 Knoxville, TN $83,240 29% below national
111 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $83,230 29% below national
112 Albuquerque, NM $83,190 29% below national
113 Toledo, OH $82,930 29% below national
114 Fort Wayne, IN $82,390 30% below national
115 Birmingham, AL $81,750 30% below national
116 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $81,240 31% below national
117 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $80,360 32% below national
118 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $79,710 32% below national
119 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $79,170 33% below national
120 Lexington-Fayette, KY $78,820 33% below national
121 Oklahoma City, OK $78,120 33% below national
122 Fargo, ND-MN $76,940 34% below national
123 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $74,540 36% below national
124 Springfield, IL $74,360 37% below national
125 Tallahassee, FL $72,360 38% below national
126 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $70,900 40% below national
127 Tucson, AZ $70,480 40% below national
128 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $70,010 40% below national
129 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $64,290 45% below national
130 Boise City, ID $64,150 45% below national
131 Lubbock, TX $63,140 46% below national
132 Monroe, LA $62,850 46% below national
133 Ogden, UT $62,850 46% below national
134 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $60,820 48% below national
135 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $60,360 49% below national
136 Baton Rouge, LA $58,440 50% below national
137 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $57,560 51% below national
138 Lafayette, LA $56,960 51% below national

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Financial Risk Specialists make? ▼
The median annual salary for Financial Risk Specialists is $117,330 ($56.41/hour). The salary range spans from $64,820 at the 10th percentile to $196,110 at the 90th percentile.
What state pays Financial Risk Specialists the most? ▼
New Hampshire pays the highest median salary for Financial Risk Specialists at $158,320/year, which is +35% above the national median.
What education do you need to become a Financial Risk Specialists? ▼
The typical entry-level education for Financial Risk Specialists is Bachelor's degree.
How dangerous is being a Financial Risk Specialists? ▼
Financial Risk Specialists has a safety grade of A (Very Safe) based on BLS data. The fatality rate is 0.3 per 100,000 workers and the injury rate is 0.3 per 100 workers.
Is Financial Risk Specialists a good career? ▼
Employment for Financial Risk Specialists is projected to grow 6.5% from 2023 to 2033, which is faster than average. About 4,800 openings are projected each year.
How does Financial Risk Specialists pay vary by state? ▼
Financial Risk Specialists salaries vary significantly by state. The highest-paying state is New Hampshire at $158,320/year, while Kentucky pays the least at $74,640/year. BLS data covers 51 states and territories.
Which metro areas pay the most for Financial Risk Specialists? ▼
The highest-paying metro area for Financial Risk Specialists is San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA at $167,440/year. BLS reports wage data for 138 metro areas for this occupation, with pay varying based on local demand and cost of living.

Data as of May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 annual release. Employment projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2023–2033. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.

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