Financial Managers
SOC 11-3031 · 2024-2034
Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $183,803per year
- Projected openings
- 84,770
- Projected change
- +16.3%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Writing
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $222,979 | 7,600 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $220,615 | 10,180 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $199,908 | 5,520 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $195,438 | 580 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $175,712 | 22,080 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $174,205 | 10,630 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $171,421 | 8,000 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $166,776 | 670 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $166,745 | 1,290 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $164,566 | 340 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $163,221 | 340 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $161,683 | 420 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $159,748 | 760 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $156,000 | 680 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $154,910 | 400 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $153,596 | 4,390 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $146,711 | 4,250 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $145,539 | 820 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $140,793 | 350 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $138,420 | 1,220 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $133,999 | 370 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $133,490 | 100 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $133,480 | 200 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $131,504 | 190 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $131,504 | 560 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $129,589 | 290 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $128,428 | 260 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $126,737 | 230 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $125,994 | 90 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $125,128 | 130 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $121,084 | 130 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Investment Analysts | $110,940 | 34,410 | +7.4% |
| Accountants and Auditors | $98,678 | 154,340 | +7.5% |
| Personal Financial Advisors | $132,516 | 28,210 | +9.4% |
| Credit Analysts | $99,502 | 2,580 | -9.4% |
| Loan Officers | $83,142 | 16,320 | -2.6% |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $80,456 | 41,030 | -1% |
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