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Average Financial Examiners Salary in Minnesota

Financial Examiners in Minnesota earn a median annual salary of $95,720, which is +5.9% compared to the national median. There are 1,100 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Minnesota (state).

$95,720
Minnesota median annual wage
$46/hour median
+5.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $90,400
1,100
Local employment
0.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.93
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$64,880
25th
$77,410
Median
$95,720
75th
$111,970
90th
$161,630

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Minnesota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
98.6%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$97,058
Goods: 100.5%
Services: 90.8%
Rents: 91.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$177,550Compare590
Connecticut$132,320Compare390
New York$127,190Compare10,580
Washington$110,340Compare410
New Hampshire$109,010Compare90
California$105,790Compare3,690

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Minnesota

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Podiatrists$224,2800.83
Physicists$222,5500.15
Pediatricians, General$212,3801.10
Dentists, General$209,8201.16
Chief Executives$194,1601.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$184,560N/A
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$182,7900.97
Air Traffic Controllers$176,0301.49

Minnesota has salary data for 731 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Podiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Financial Examiners in Minnesota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Financial Examiners are projected to change by +18.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 5,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.