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What are typical financial analyst salaries? Do some companies pay a lot more for this position than others? What does a top earner make in this field?

What skills should you learn to increase your salary?

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Jeff in Boise, Idaho

56 months ago

Just got an entry level financial analyst position making 35K. That is for Boise, Idaho, so salary will change with demographics.

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Dee in Dallas, Texas in Grapevine, Texas

49 months ago

I receive 50k in salary.

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J. in Dearborn Heights, Michigan

47 months ago

I graduated college in 2003 and I'm making $70k as a senior financial analyst.

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S in Austin, Texas

46 months ago

I received my BBA in Finance in 2004 and my MBA in 2006. I make $78,000 a year and I'm at the high end of the scale. Started off as an accountant making $33,000 a year. Got into a financial analysis role where I did very well and my salary sky rocketed.

Skills-learn Excel inside out and backwards. V-lookup, Pivot tables, if statements, graphs, complex formulas. Unfortunately, it's hard to learn these things in a class. I had great mentors along the way who have helped me. And I've read some people complain about not having enough to do as a financial analyst. If you don't have work to do-make work for yourself by looking for areas that can be improved. Present them to your manager.

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r in Gilroy, California

44 months ago

I just graduated in May with a BS Bus Admin (Finance) and I got offered a position as a financial analyst for the fixed assets team at my company. I will be making 46k base salary with a 8% target bonus.

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JF in Baltimore, Maryland

39 months ago

I am Sr analyst with MBA (graduated in 1999) . I am highly proficientin Excel and Access, some SQL etc. I make $75K

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Mark in Sugar Land, Texas

29 months ago

for you guys making $70k plus, what do your average bonus look like?

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Elias in San Jose, California

4 months ago

Do any of you financial analyst have any advice for us graduating seniors looking to become financial analyst?

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