The median annual wage for financial analysts was $80,310 in May 2015.
The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $49,450, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $160,760.
In May 2015, the median annual wages for financial analysts in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities
$94,450
Professional, scientific, and technical services
83,240
Management of companies and enterprises
79,200
Credit intermediation and related activities
77,270
Insurance carriers and related activities
74,510
Fund managers are typically compensated by fees, usually structured as a percentage of assets under management and a percentage of the fund's annual return.
Most financial analysts work full time, and about 1 in 3 worked more than 40 hours per week in 2014.
Financial Analysts
Median annual wages, May 2015
Financial analysts
$80,310
Financial specialists
$67,740
Total, all occupations
$36,200
Note: All Occupations includes all occupations in the U.S. Economy. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics
