Financial Risk Specialists
SOC 13-2054 · 2024-2034
Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $131,276per year
- Projected openings
- 4,780
- Projected change
- +6.7%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $160,118 | 470 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $139,968 | 280 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $128,726 | 170 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $107,752 | 210 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $106,609 | 800 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $105,663 | 280 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $104,655 | 30 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $100,372 | 370 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $77,895
- A quarter earn under
- $101,840
- Half earn under
- $131,276
- Three quarters earn under
- $171,815
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $211,856
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.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Specialists, All Other | $82,166 | 11,860 | +6.7% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | $110,940 | 34,410 | +7.4% |
| Financial Managers | $183,803 | 84,770 | +16.3% |
| Personal Financial Advisors | $132,516 | 28,210 | +9.4% |
| Management Analysts | $103,162 | 154,880 | +11.5% |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $80,456 | 41,030 | -1% |
Programs that train for this job — 3
Computerized Financial Accounting
Ventura Adult and Continuing Education · Ventura · $7,314
Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)
AAA Institute · Van Nuys · $3,999
ACCOUNTING ADVANCED CERTIFICATE
Diablo Valley College · Pleasant Hill · $3,288