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Finance Professional salary

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Dr. William Wood Ph.D.

Average finance professional salary

$55,551

$26.71 hourly rate

Entry-level finance professional salary
$31,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a finance professional make?

The average finance professional salary in the United States is $55,551. Finance professional salaries typically range between $31,000 and $97,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for finance professionals is $26.71 per hour.

Finance professional salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Finance professionals earn the highest average salary in New York.

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Where can a Finance Professional earn more?

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AbbVie$103,231
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Finance Professional Salaries By Experience Level

Finance Professional salary estimates from across the web

Based on the latest salary information compiled by Zippia, Glassdoor, Ziprecruiter and Payscale, the average salary for a finance professional typically falls between $54,900 and $80,250.
zippia
$55,551yearly
glassdoor[1]
$69,378yearly
ZipRecruiter[2]
$80,250yearly
payscale[3]
$54,900yearly

Average finance professional salary by state

The average finance professional salary in New York, Massachusetts, and Virginia are the highest in the U.S. The lowest average finance professional salary states are Mississippi, Hawaii, and Oklahoma.

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Highest paying states for finance professionals

RankStateAvg. SalaryHourly Rate
1New York$102,684$49.37
2Massachusetts$82,758$39.79
3North Dakota$65,397$31.44
4District of Columbia$79,240$38.10
5Delaware$67,547$32.47
6Maine$69,927$33.62
7Connecticut$71,012$34.14
8Virginia$76,075$36.57
9Washington$70,595$33.94
10Rhode Island$64,295$30.91
11West Virginia$70,489$33.89
12New Jersey$66,484$31.96
13Illinois$64,570$31.04
14Pennsylvania$59,543$28.63
15Michigan$62,173$29.89
16North Carolina$61,230$29.44
17Minnesota$55,448$26.66
18Ohio$59,036$28.38
19Kansas$52,761$25.37
20Georgia$59,569$28.64
21Texas$55,190$26.53
22California$56,324$27.08
23Maryland$54,591$26.25
24New Hampshire$59,002$28.37
25Florida$55,422$26.65
26Indiana$52,857$25.41
27South Carolina$56,285$27.06
28Oregon$55,294$26.58
29Vermont$55,088$26.48
30Wisconsin$50,524$24.29
31Kentucky$55,036$26.46
32Tennessee$52,530$25.25
33Louisiana$54,842$26.37
34Arkansas$42,187$20.28
35Alabama$53,253$25.60
36Idaho$53,497$25.72
37Wyoming$40,947$19.69
38Montana$38,972$18.74
39Colorado$46,836$22.52
40Oklahoma$37,832$18.19
41New Mexico$52,901$25.43
42Iowa$47,563$22.87
43Nebraska$48,653$23.39
44Hawaii$38,353$18.44
45Missouri$44,163$21.23
46Utah$34,009$16.35
47South Dakota$41,854$20.12
48Arizona$42,310$20.34
49Alaska$36,366$17.48
50Mississippi$38,810$18.66
51Nevada$35,777$17.20

Highest paying cities for finance professionals

The highest-paying cities for finance professionals are New York, NY, Wellesley, MA, and Washington, DC.

RankCityAvg. SalaryHourly Rate
1New York, NY$103,528$49.77
2Wellesley, MA$82,805$39.81
3Washington, DC$79,246$38.10
4Alexandria, VA$76,275$36.67
5Stamford, CT$71,376$34.32
6Bellevue, WA$70,808$34.04
7Edison, NJ$66,486$31.96
8Chicago, IL$64,889$31.20
9Greenville, NC$63,204$30.39
10Philadelphia, PA$60,071$28.88
11Cleveland, OH$59,944$28.82
12Atlanta, GA$59,031$28.38
13Miami, FL$58,178$27.97
14San Jose, CA$58,006$27.89
15Houston, TX$56,783$27.30
16Minneapolis, MN$55,395$26.63
17Greenville, SC$55,345$26.61
18Baltimore, MD$54,722$26.31
19Aurora, CO$46,889$22.54
20Urban Honolulu, HI$38,348$18.44

Finance Professional salary details

A finance professional's salary ranges from $31,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $97,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average Finance Professional Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a finance professional's salary?

PercentileAnnual SalaryMonthly SalaryHourly Rate
90th Percentile$97,000$8,083$47
75th Percentile$74,000$6,167$36
Average$55,551$4,629$27
25th Percentile$41,000$3,417$20
10th Percentile$31,000$2,583$15

Highest paying finance professional jobs

The highest paying types of finance professionals are investment associate, investment advisor, and equity analyst.

Job TitleAnnual SalaryMonthly SalaryHourly RateJob Openings
Analyst$73,007$6,084$35.10253,138
Investment Advisor$105,377$8,781$50.6663,438
Treasury Analyst$72,667$6,056$34.9450,817
Equity Analyst$103,715$8,643$49.8651,437
Risk Analyst$81,484$6,790$39.1771,284
Investment Analyst$79,056$6,588$38.0163,003

How would you rate the starting salaries for Finance Professionals, as well as the prospects for salary advancement?

Dr. William Wood Ph.D.

Academic Unit Head, Economics; Director, Center for Economic Education, James Madison University

Starting salaries in economics are good -- better than for most college degrees -- and they get better as economics majors advance in their careers. Economics prepares people for leadership, and people with good leadership skills are often drawn to economics. Both effects operate to give us this observation that economics majors do well in their careers.

Top companies hiring finance professionals now:

  1. AIG Jobs (7)
  2. World Financial Group Jobs (13)
  3. New York Life Insurance Jobs (395)
  4. Abbott Jobs (9)
  5. WestPoint Financial Group Jobs (12)

Which companies pay finance professionals the most?

Finance professional salaries at AbbVie and AlixPartners are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average finance professional salary at companies like Morgan Stanley and MUFG EMEA are highly competitive.

RankCompanyAverage SalaryHourly Rate
1AbbVie$103,231$49.63
2AlixPartners$103,126$49.58
3Morgan Stanley$89,439$43.00
4MUFG EMEA$86,874$41.77
5Citi$86,644$41.66
6Jefferson Wells USA$85,666$41.19
7Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group$85,333$41.03
8Devon Energy$84,825$40.78
9RGP$84,798$40.77
10Freescale Semiconductor Holdings V Inc$83,153$39.98
11Chevron$82,037$39.44
12Interactive Brokers$81,699$39.28
13Dechert$81,287$39.08
14Chiron Technology Services$80,461$38.68
15BASF$80,181$38.55
16Rand Group$79,518$38.23
17Lenovo$79,082$38.02
18Genuent$78,978$37.97
19Finastra$77,824$37.42
20Red Hat$76,537$36.80

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$56,000$54,000$52,000$50,000$48,000$46,000
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Finance Professional salary trends

The average finance professional salary has risen by $14,147 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average finance professional earned $41,404 annually, but today, they earn $55,551 a year. That works out to a -1% change in pay for finance professionals over the last decade.

Compare finance professional salaries for cities or states with the national average over time.

Average finance professional salary over time

Compare finance professional salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

    Finance Professional salary by year

    YearAvg. SalaryHourly Rate% Change
    2025$55,600$26.71+1.7%
    2024$54,600$26.26-1.2%
    2023$55,300$26.58-2.0%
    2022$56,400$27.10+0.1%
    2021$56,300$27.07+1.5%

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