# Credit Analysts

SOC 13-2041. Page: https://educationguide.com/careers/credit-analysts

Analyze credit data and financial statements of individuals or firms to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money. Prepare reports with credit information for use in decisionmaking.

## Pay and outlook
- U.S. median wage $83,510 (middle half $65,210–$122,460; BLS May 2025)
- Ages 25-34: median $67,032; 81% hold a bachelor's or higher (Census ACS 2020-2024)
- Jobs 2025-35: -4.3%; ~3.1k openings a year; typical entry: Bachelor's degree

## Fields of degree of young workers (ages 25-34, bachelor's+)
- Finance: 26% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/finance, https://educationguide.com/degrees/insurance)
- Accounting: 12% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/accounting)
- Business Management And Administration: 10% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business-administration)
- Economics: 8% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/economics)
- General Business: 6% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business)
- Mathematics: 4% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/mathematics)
- Marketing And Marketing Research: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/marketing, https://educationguide.com/degrees/specialized-sales-merchandising-and-marketing-operations)
- Political Science And Government: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/political-science)
- Agriculture Production And Management: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/agricultural-business, https://educationguide.com/degrees/agriculture)
- General Engineering: 1% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/engineering)

## Median wage by state
- AK: $81,340
- AL: $79,970
- AR: $71,370
- AZ: $77,020
- CA: $97,860
- CO: $81,270
- CT: $98,230
- DC: $132,590
- DE: $94,680
- FL: $78,360
- GA: $77,990
- HI: $98,900
- IA: $76,760
- ID: $79,650
- IL: $84,990
- IN: $62,660
- KS: $73,120
- KY: $79,290
- LA: $73,210
- MA: $97,080
- MD: $75,390
- ME: $81,750
- MI: $74,640
- MN: $82,630
- MO: $65,350
- MS: $74,880
- MT: $74,650
- NC: $94,570
- ND: $74,810
- NE: $79,730
- NH: $77,980
- NJ: $100,940
- NM: $72,160
- NV: $73,090
- NY: $133,270
- OH: $79,720
- OK: $75,330
- OR: $80,380
- PA: $80,280
- PR: $51,920
- RI: $85,920
- SC: $77,530
- SD: $73,040
- TN: $72,550
- TX: $78,730
- UT: $74,430
- VA: $102,430
- VT: $71,220
- WA: $91,160
- WI: $68,690
- WV: $57,320
- WY: $62,210

Method: https://educationguide.com/how-we-score#careers

Free to reuse with attribution: cite "EducationGuide.com" with a link to the page URL. Most figures are U.S. government data (public domain); loan default rates and athletics come from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (ODC-By 1.0, attribution required) and founding years from Wikidata (CC0). O*NET data: CC BY 4.0, O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA).