Financial and Investment Analysts salary in Cincinnati, Ohio

The spread tells much of the story for Financial and Investment Analysts in Cincinnati. The 10th-percentile wage was $58,270 in 2024 and the 90th came in at $139,630, a gap of more than $81,000 between the lower and upper ends of the local market. Within the same metro, experience level and the type of firm someone works for can push pay in very different directions.

The metro median of $86,840 ran below both the Ohio median of $93,690 and the national median of $101,220. That puts Cincinnati about 7% behind the state figure and roughly 14% below the US figure. The average wage of $99,640 sat well above the median, which means a smaller group of senior analysts at large firms pulled the average up.

About 2,190 Financial and Investment Analysts worked in the Cincinnati metro in 2024. That is a moderate-sized local pool for a mid-tier Midwestern metro. Cincinnati has a long-standing base of consumer goods companies, regional banks, and insurance operations, and the analyst workforce reflects that mix of corporate finance and asset management roles rather than the concentrated investment banking presence you see in New York or Chicago.

The gap between Cincinnati and the national median is real, but the cost of operating in the metro is also lower than in the coastal markets where the headline numbers are largest. We do not adjust wages for local costs on metro pages, so readers comparing Cincinnati to San Francisco or Boston should keep that context in mind when reading the raw figures side by side.