Financial and Investment Analysts salary in New York City, New York

Nearly 50,000 Financial and Investment Analysts work in the New York City metro, making it by far the largest single concentration of this occupation in the country. The median annual wage in 2024 was $128,490, about 1.5% above the New York state median of $126,580 and 27% above the national median of $101,220.

The state comparison is closer than most people expect. Much of New York state's figure is already pulled up by the city itself, so the gap between the metro and the statewide number is narrow. The bigger story is how New York City compares to the rest of the country: analysts here earn roughly $27,000 more at the midpoint than the average analyst nationwide.

The spread within the metro is wide. The bottom 10% earned around $80,910 in 2024, while the top 10% reached $221,110. Top earners made about 2.7 times what those at the low end made. That kind of range usually reflects real differences in job type: a junior research associate at a regional firm and a senior portfolio analyst at a large asset manager both fall under this occupation code, but they work very different jobs. The mean wage of $148,980 sits well above the median of $128,490, which tells us a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up.

Scale matters here too. With roughly 49,940 analysts employed in the metro, New York City is not just a high-paying market for this role. It is the market. That depth means more firms, more specializations, and more rungs on the career ladder than analysts in most other cities will find locally.