Financial Examiners
Job Zone 4 - Considerable preparation needed
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.
Median pay: $94,160/yr (U.S. national, May 2025)
Typical range nationwide (10th–90th percentile). This is a population snapshot, not a personal prediction - actual pay varies by location, employer, and experience.
Job outlook: +18.5% projected growth, 2024–2034 — much faster than average.
About 5,700 openings per year, on average, over the decade.
Typical entry-level education: Bachelor's degree.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS and Employment Projections.
• 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.
What's the median pay for Financial Examiners?
The median pay for Financial Examiners is $94,160 per year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
What's the job outlook for Financial Examiners?
Employment for Financial Examiners is projected to change +18.5% from 2024 to 2034 - much faster than average.
What education is typically required for Financial Examiners?
Typical entry-level education: Bachelor's degree.
How many job openings are there each year for Financial Examiners?
About 5,700 openings per year, on average, over the decade.