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Credit Analysts

SOC 13-2041 · 2024-2034

Analyze credit data and financial statements of individuals or firms to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money. Prepare reports with credit information for use in decisionmaking.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

Shrinking -9.4%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$99,502per year
Projected openings
2,580
Projected change
-9.4%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Critical Thinking
  2. Active Learning
  3. Reading Comprehension
  4. Speaking
  5. Active Listening
  6. Mathematics

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$147,403220
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$137,34620
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$126,774360
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$100,174210
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$84,66170
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$80,587170
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$80,353280
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$79,409590
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$77,5551,010
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$77,175110

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$62,410
A quarter earn under
$77,661
Half earn under
$99,502
Three quarters earn under
$141,037
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$198,027

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Loan Officers$83,14216,320-2.6%
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$58,65610,410-6%
Credit Counselors$68,2461,690+4.2%
Financial and Investment Analysts$110,94034,410+7.4%
Financial Risk Specialists$131,2764,780+6.7%
Financial Examiners$107,7783,310+9.1%

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