SOC 13-2061 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Financial Examiners make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Financial Examiners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $106,000. The 10th percentile is $66,820 and the 90th percentile is $162,050. Employment is 1,630.

Median annual wage

$106,000

10th percentile
$66,820
25th percentile
$79,930
Median
$106,000
75th percentile
$130,940
90th percentile
$162,050
Mean
$113,510

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Financial Examiners, the published 10th percentile is $66,820 and the 90th percentile is $162,050. The difference is $95,230, which is 89.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $79,930 to the 75th at $130,940, covers $51,010.

The mean annual wage is $113,510, which sits above the median of $106,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 12.6% higher than the national median of $94,160 for Financial Examiners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $93,338, which is 0.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the California median of $106,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $106,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Financial Examiners at $93,338 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Financial Examiners. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $84,040 and employment of 50. That median is 20.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,031, against $93,338 here.
  • Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $77,610 and employment of 30. That median is 26.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,928, against $93,338 here.
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $106,090 and employment of 220. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $94,819, against $93,338 here.

Employment share

Financial Examiners accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (1,630 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (67,830 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.60 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Financial Examiners by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Financial Examiners make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Financial Examiners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $106,000. The 10th percentile is $66,820 and the 90th percentile is $162,050. Employment is 1,630.

How does that compare with the national median for Financial Examiners?

The local median is 12.6% higher than the national median of $94,160.

What is Financial Examiners pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $106,000 is $93,338. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Financial Examiners?

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 57 miles away, at $84,040. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.