Financial and Investment Analysts
SOC 13-2051 · 2024-2034
Conduct quantitative analyses of information involving investment programs or financial data of public or private institutions, including valuation of businesses.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $110,940per year
- Projected openings
- 34,410
- Projected change
- +7.4%
- 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.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $136,963 | 2,880 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $132,680 | 4,900 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $129,304 | 1,930 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $129,304 | 200 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $109,565 | 100 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $106,550 | 140 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $106,336 | 60 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $105,755 | 100 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $105,745 | 50 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $105,388 | 1,310 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $104,849 | 2,830 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $104,795 | 7,690 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $103,996 | 3,130 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $103,983 | 340 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $100,734 | 200 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $99,267 | 900 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $97,953 | 20 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $97,780 | 70 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $97,199 | 110 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $96,751 | 330 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $95,885 | 40 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $93,645 | 70 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $92,310 | 240 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $88,715 | 40 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $85,038 | 140 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $83,551 | 60 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $83,551 | 100 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $81,249 | 70 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $80,699 | 20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Financial Advisors | $132,516 | 28,210 | +9.4% |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $80,456 | 41,030 | -1% |
| Financial Managers | $183,803 | 84,770 | +16.3% |
| Financial Risk Specialists | $131,276 | 4,780 | +6.7% |
| Financial Specialists, All Other | $82,166 | 11,860 | +6.7% |
| Credit Analysts | $99,502 | 2,580 | -9.4% |
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