Occupation salary profile

Financial Examiners

SOC 13-2061 BLS OEWS May 2025 H-1B LCAs, last 12 months

Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.

National median · BLS
$94,160
▲ +4.16% YoY
H-1B sponsor median
$98,100
▲ +15.4% YoY · 149 LCAs
Average salary · BLS
$106,240
Mean annual wage
U.S. employment
67,830
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Pay range for Financial Examiners

Annual base pay at each percentile. BLS covers all U.S. workers in this occupation; H-1B covers 149 certified Labor Condition Applications filed by sponsoring employers in the last 12 months.

Percentile All U.S. workers (BLS) H-1B sponsored
10th — entry pay$56,230$65,000
25th$70,660$75,000
Median (50th)$94,160$98,100
75th$129,600$129,000
90th — top pay$174,200$172,220
H-1B sponsors pay a median of $98,100 for Financial Examiners — 4.2% above the BLS national median of $94,160.

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Projections 2025–2035

Job outlook for Financial Examiners

BLS projects employment of financial examiners to grow 9.3% from 2025 to 2035, faster than the 3.5% average for all occupations. About 4,500 openings are projected each year, on average, from new jobs and from replacing workers who retire or move to other occupations.

Jobs 2025 → 2035
70,000 → 76,500
+6,500 jobs
Projected change
+9.3%
All occupations: +3.5%
Openings per year
4,500
Average, 2025–2035
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
No related experience required
On-the-job training
Long-term on-the-job training
Preparation needed (O*NET Job Zone 4)
Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Fastest-growing jobs → Best-paying jobs that need a bachelor's degree →

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–2035 · BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook →

H-1B sponsored pay

Pay by H-1B wage level

Employers assign every H-1B filing a Department of Labor prevailing-wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). Pay rises steeply with level.

H-1B median $98,100
Change vs prior year +15.4%
After inflation (CPI-U) +11.9%
Wage level LCAs Share P25 Median P75
Level I 32 21.5% $59,000 $65,000 $82,428
Level II 67 45% $75,300 $81,952 $111,850
Level III 30 20.1% $99,500 $142,000 $161,500
Level IV 15 10.1% $145,500 $177,000 $205,000
H-1B job titles

Salaries by job title in Financial Examiners

The 5 most-filed job titles inside SOC 13-2061, from 149 H-1B filings. Seniority words and level numbers are grouped (“Senior Data Engineer II” counts as Data Engineer). Tap a title for its full range, wage levels and the exact titles employers used.

Job title LCAs Share P25 Median P75 YoY
Analyst generic 19 12.75% $59,000 $79,000 $85,500 +46.3%
Vice President generic 14 9.4% $99,500 $111,665 $142,000 -9.8%
Associate generic 13 8.72% $79,000 $79,851 $114,000 -11.28%
Assistant Vice President 13 8.72% $101,000 $106,000 $110,000 +0.32%
Analyst, Financial Crime Controls 11 7.38% $65,000 $66,747 $76,000 +2.69%

Titles are cleaned from the employer's own LCA text (codes and typos removed, nothing invented). Rows need 10+ filings in this SOC.

Skills & tools

Skills needed for Financial Examiners

How important each skill and knowledge area is for this job, rated by O*NET on a 1–5 scale from surveys of workers and occupational analysts.

Top skills
  • Critical Thinking4.1
  • Reading Comprehension4.1
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Speaking4.0
  • Writing4.0
  • Complex Problem Solving3.9
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.9
  • Monitoring3.9
  • Active Learning3.6
  • Coordination3.6
Top knowledge areas
  • English Language4.3
  • Economics and Accounting4.1
  • Law and Government3.2
  • Mathematics3.1
  • Administration and Management3.0
  • Computers and Electronics2.6
  • Administrative2.5
  • Customer and Personal Service2.4
Software and technology used
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft WindowsRSAP softwareStructured query language SQLACL AnalyticsAuditing softwareFinancial compliance softwareFinancial transaction analysis softwareGeneral Examination System GENESYS

Highlighted = in demand: frequently listed in employer job postings for this occupation (O*NET).

Source: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

About the job

What financial examiners do

  • Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior management, counsels, outside accountants, and consultants to gather information and discuss findings.
  • Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.
  • Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and soundness, compliance with laws and regulations, and recommended solutions to questionable financial conditions.
  • Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts.
  • Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.
  • Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to confirm institution assets and liabilities.
  • Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates.
  • Review audit reports of internal and external auditors to monitor adequacy of scope of reports or to discover specific weaknesses in internal routines.
Also called
Bank ExaminerBank Secrecy Act Anti-Money Laundering Officer (BSA/AML Officer)Credit Union ExaminerExamining OfficerCommunity Reinvestment Act Officer (CRA Officer)Compliance AnalystCompliance SpecialistCredit Union Field ExaminerInternal Auditor
More job titles for this occupation (26)
AML Director (Anti-Money Laundering Director)Anti Money Laundering Investigator (AML Investigator)Bank Compliance OfficerBSA Analyst (Business Systems Analyst)BSA Officer (Bank Secrecy Act Officer)BSA Specialist (Bank Secrecy Act Specialist)Commercial Escrow OfficerCompliance CoordinatorCompliance InvestigatorCompliance TesterEscrow CloserExaminerFinancial Compliance ExaminerFinancial Crimes InvestigatorFinancial ExaminerFinancial Institution ExaminerFinancial InvestigatorHome Mortgage Disclosure Act Specialist (HMDA Specialist)KYC Analyst (Know Your Customer Analyst)National Bank ExaminerPayroll ExaminerPension ExaminerPersonal Banking ManagerSecurities Compliance ExaminerTitle Escrow OfficerTreasury Analyst

Source: O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0). These are general job titles, not H-1B filings; for titles employers actually filed, see “Job titles” above.