# Financial Examiners

SOC 13-2061. Page: https://educationguide.com/careers/financial-examiners

Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.

## Pay and outlook
- U.S. median wage $94,160 (middle half $70,660–$129,600; BLS May 2025)
- Ages 25-34: median $73,463; 81% hold a bachelor's or higher (Census ACS 2020-2024)
- Jobs 2025-35: 9.3%; ~4.5k openings a year; typical entry: Bachelor's degree

## Fields of degree of young workers (ages 25-34, bachelor's+)
- Finance: 18% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/finance, https://educationguide.com/degrees/insurance)
- Accounting: 14% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/accounting)
- Economics: 10% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/economics)
- Business Management And Administration: 10% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business-administration)
- General Business: 7% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business)
- Treatment Therapy Professions: 7% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/rehabilitation-therapy-sciences)
- Mathematics: 3% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/mathematics)
- Psychology: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/psychology)
- Physical Fitness Parks Recreation And Leisure: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/kinesiology-exercise-science, https://educationguide.com/degrees/parks-recreation-and-leisure-studies)
- Industrial And Manufacturing Engineering: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/industrial-engineering)

## Median wage by state
- AK: $90,530
- AR: $57,590
- AZ: $80,260
- CA: $106,000
- CO: $99,610
- CT: $120,530
- DC: $198,720
- DE: $92,390
- FL: $76,230
- GA: $77,710
- HI: $62,720
- IA: $80,370
- ID: $85,260
- IL: $93,150
- IN: $81,300
- KS: $80,420
- KY: $76,260
- LA: $84,310
- MA: $111,110
- MD: $102,980
- ME: $80,840
- MI: $71,050
- MN: $104,260
- MO: $79,990
- MS: $85,430
- MT: $80,970
- NC: $100,730
- ND: $82,640
- NE: $74,460
- NH: $80,810
- NJ: $106,410
- NM: $67,950
- NV: $84,650
- NY: $128,920
- OH: $69,040
- OK: $80,760
- OR: $94,630
- PA: $78,500
- PR: $37,470
- RI: $94,130
- SC: $86,440
- SD: $88,690
- TN: $87,110
- TX: $78,140
- UT: $92,000
- VA: $104,060
- VT: $74,680
- WA: $113,700
- WI: $86,320
- WV: $60,590

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

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