Financial Analyst Salary 2026: Buy/Sell-Side, IB/ER/FP&A, by State

TL;DR — Financial Analyst Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 13-2051 n = $340,580 workers

P50 $101,350

$62,410P10 P25 $78,300 P75 $132,050 P90$180,550

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Financial Analysts in the federal sample earn between $78,300 and $132,050 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	WY	Wyoming	$233,684▲9%	$213,940	91.6	0K
02	NY	New York	$117,375▼7%	$126,580	107.8	47K
03	NC	North Carolina	$108,285▲6%	$102,220	94.4	10K
04	AL	Alabama	$106,244▲12%	$94,660	89.1	3K
05	MT	Montana	$105,467▲10%	$95,990	91	1K
06	MN	Minnesota	$104,576▲2%	$102,800	98.3	7K
07	OR	Oregon	$102,736▼5%	$107,680	104.8	3K
08	IL	Illinois	$102,681▲1%	$101,400	98.8	18K
· · · · · 37 states omitted · · · · ·
46	NV	Nevada	$82,832▲2%	$81,060	97.9	2K
47	WV	West Virginia	$80,941▲12%	$72,550	89.6	0K
48	FL	Florida	$80,628▼4%	$83,560	103.6	22K
49	HI	Hawaii	$78,485▼9%	$86,100	109.7	0K
50	LA	Louisiana	$68,625▲13%	$60,870	88.7	1K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · FINANCIAL ANALYST · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 91K ME 94K VT 99K NH 86K WA 94K ID 96K MT 105K ND 85K MN 105K WI 95K MI 96K NY 117K MA 100K RI 83K OR 103K NV 83K WY 234K

SD —

IA 100K IL 103K IN 87K OH 102K PA 90K NJ 100K CT 102K CA 99K UT 95K CO 97K NE 92K MO 97K KY 84K WV 81K VA 103K MD 95K DE 100K DC 97K AZ 88K NM 87K KS 91K AR 91K TN 94K NC 108K SC 96K HI 78K TX 95K OK 90K LA 69K MS 89K AL 106K GA 99K FL 81K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $201K+

60–80% $168K

40–60% $135K

20–40% $102K

Bottom 20% $69K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Financial Analyst Salary 2026 — Buy-Side vs Sell-Side, IB/ER/FP&A, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.