Financial Analyst salary in Washington

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

In Washington, the median financial analyst earns $107,210 a year, 4% above the United States median of $102,740.

It ranks 8th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $167,790, 2.6 times the $64,810 that marks the bottom 10%.

About 8,820 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 1.07).

For context, the median across all occupations in Washington is $62,990, so this role pays 1.7 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureWashingtonNational
Median annual pay Observed$107,210United States: $102,740
Mean annual pay Observed$117,650United States: $116,800
10th percentile Observed$64,810United States: $63,720
25th percentile Observed$82,200United States: $79,290
75th percentile Observed$136,340United States: $133,340
90th percentile Observed$167,790United States: $180,860
Median hourly pay Observed$51.54United States: $49.40
Employment (jobs) Observed8,820
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.483
Location quotient Observed1.07
Difference from United States median ($102,740) Derived+4%
Rank among 51 states Derived8
Ratio to Washington all-occupation median ($62,990) Derived1.70×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.59

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 6. California$109,110
  2. 7. New Jersey$108,610
  3. 8. Washington$107,210
  4. 9. District of Columbia$105,780
  5. 10. Virginia$105,490

Largest cities in Washington: Seattle, Tri-Cities, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver (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.