Financial Analyst salary in North Carolina

Official occupation: 13-2051 Financial and Investment Analysts · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median financial analyst in North Carolina earns $102,390 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $102,740.

It ranks 13th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $167,250, 2.7 times the $61,670 that marks the bottom 10%.

About 12,710 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 1.10).

For context, the median across all occupations in North Carolina is $47,970, so this role pays 2.1 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNorth CarolinaNational
Median annual pay Observed$102,390United States: $102,740
Mean annual pay Observed$109,880United States: $116,800
10th percentile Observed$61,670United States: $63,720
25th percentile Observed$76,510United States: $79,290
75th percentile Observed$131,440United States: $133,340
90th percentile Observed$167,250United States: $180,860
Median hourly pay Observed$49.22United States: $49.40
Employment (jobs) Observed12,710
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.571
Location quotient Observed1.1
Difference from United States median ($102,740) Derived−0%
Rank among 51 states Derived13
Ratio to North Carolina all-occupation median ($47,970) Derived2.13×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.71

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 11. Colorado$103,850
  2. 12. Minnesota$102,990
  3. 13. North Carolina$102,390
  4. 14. Alaska$102,240
  5. 15. Delaware$101,800

Largest cities in North Carolina: Charlotte, Raleigh, West Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.