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Job Overview

Financial managers oversee the financial activities and transactions of organizations. They're involved with income statements, budgets and balance sheets, and the monitoring of cash flow. Financial managers oversee accounting and auditing.


Job Requirements

Most financial managers need to have at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics or business administration. However, many employers prefer applicants that have a master's degree in one of these subjects.


Nature of Work

  • Implement cash management strategies
  • Offer senior managers strategies to maximize profits
  • Oversee the preparation of financial reports
  • Oversee investment activities


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Financial Managers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anniston $90,000 50 -68%
Auburn $102,000 80 -46%
Birmingham $114,000 1,480 -22%
Decatur $95,000 90 -51%
Dothan $91,000 100 -50%
Florence $105,000 60 -66%
Gadsden $105,000 50 -56%
Huntsville $111,000 540 -31%
Mobile $99,000 380 -42%
Montgomery $94,000 490 -19%
Tuscaloosa $96,000 170 -47%

Alaska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anchorage $99,000 500 -20%
Fairbanks $77,000 90 -14%

Arizona

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Flagstaff $84,000 160 -17%
Kingman $94,000 90 -44%
Phoenix $104,000 5,690 -17%
Prescott $77,000 120 -35%
Tucson $90,000 1,070 -18%
Yuma $93,000 100 -47%

Arkansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Fayetteville $100,000 610 -20%
Fort Smith $80,000 320 -29%
Hot Springs $71,000 100 -16%
Jonesboro $85,000 90 -43%
Little Rock $80,000 1,040 -22%
Pine Bluff $81,000 80 -18%

California

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bakersfield $110,000 720 -27%
Chico $82,000 340 +40%
El Centro $96,000 90 -47%
Fresno $101,000 1,030 -16%
Hanford $89,000 70 -37%
Los Angeles $134,000 17,920 +13%
Madera $101,000 60 -42%
Merced $105,000 100 -49%
Modesto $95,000 470 -18%
Napa $123,000 230 +6%
Oakland $133,000 4,360 +12%
Oxnard $120,000 1,410 +24%
Redding $96,000 150 -28%
Riverside $103,000 3,060 -35%
Sacramento $109,000 3,900 +16%
Salinas $108,000 520 -13%
San Diego $123,000 5,470 +7%
San Francisco $156,000 7,910 +105%
San Jose $148,000 5,800 +66%
San Luis Obispo $95,000 380 +14%
Santa Ana $135,000 7,500 +32%
Santa Barbara $127,000 610 -2%
Santa Cruz $109,000 330 +6%
Santa Rosa $104,000 830 +28%
Stockton $102,000 520 -34%
Vallejo $102,000 490 +12%
Visalia $101,000 280 -43%
Yuba City $92,000 90 -29%

Colorado

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boulder $131,000 280 -51%
Colorado Springs $114,000 330 -66%
Denver $126,000 2,930 -40%
Fort Collins $109,000 170 -63%
Grand Junction $95,000 70 -64%
Greeley $113,000 100 -61%
Pueblo $71,000 40 -80%

Connecticut

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bridgeport $129,000 4,560 +178%
Danbury $112,000 400 +68%
Hartford $102,000 4,710 +112%
New Haven $103,000 1,420 +37%
Norwich $89,000 490 +9%
Waterbury $105,000 310 +31%

Delaware

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Dover $103,000 100 -43%
Wilmington $136,000 2,170 +74%

District of Columbia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Washington $130,000 14,520 +53%

Florida

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cape Coral $112,000 350 -52%
Deltona $102,000 200 -65%
Fort Lauderdale $125,000 1,730 -36%
Fort Walton Beach $99,000 160 -41%
Gainesville $107,000 170 -62%
Jacksonville $113,000 1,600 -31%
Miami $129,000 2,580 -32%
Naples $116,000 190 -53%
Ocala $120,000 140 -55%
Orlando $112,000 2,060 -48%
Palm Bay $107,000 300 -60%
Panama City $91,000 60 -75%
Pensacola $101,000 200 -64%
Port St Lucie $100,000 210 -52%
Punta Gorda $77,000 40 -69%
Sarasota $112,000 500 -46%
Sebastian $103,000 80 -50%
Tallahassee $104,000 300 -50%
Tampa $113,000 3,790 -15%
West Palm Beach $115,000 1,460 -27%

Georgia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albany $86,000 90 -58%
Athens $115,000 180 -28%
Atlanta $121,000 10,670 +18%
Augusta $88,000 510 -34%
Brunswick $93,000 60 -56%
Columbus $89,000 300 -25%
Dalton $86,000 80 -66%
Gainesville $96,000 160 -34%
Macon $91,000 220 -32%
Rome $84,000 60 -48%
Savannah $100,000 400 -28%
Valdosta $82,000 80 -52%
Warner Robins $107,000 60 -67%

Hawaii

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Honolulu $92,000 1,530 -10%

Idaho

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boise $83,000 1,580 +59%
Coeur Dalene $77,000 170 -1%
Idaho Falls $73,000 170 +8%
Lewiston $69,000 100 +38%
Pocatello $70,000 90 -7%

Illinois

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bloomington $94,000 270 +9%
Champaign $93,000 260 -30%
Chicago $121,000 16,450 +12%
Danville $76,000 50 -42%
Decatur $83,000 120 -22%
Kankakee $85,000 90 -34%
Peoria $86,000 400 -37%
Rockford $89,000 390 -25%
Springfield $80,000 310 -21%

Indiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anderson $107,000 50 -60%
Bloomington $91,000 160 -35%
Columbus $115,000 190 +51%
Elkhart $99,000 220 -44%
Evansville $103,000 440 -31%
Fort Wayne $106,000 530 -31%
Gary $93,000 520 -49%
Indianapolis $109,000 2,770 -20%
Kokomo $129,000 60 -53%
Lafayette $99,000 140 -47%
Michigan City $92,000 90 -34%
Muncie $109,000 180 +17%
South Bend $97,000 280 -41%
Terre Haute $81,000 180 -25%

Iowa

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ames $96,000 120 -2%
Cedar Rapids $105,000 670 +31%
Davenport $91,000 590 -16%
Des Moines $112,000 2,030 +61%
Dubuque $90,000 180 -1%
Iowa City $98,000 200 -19%
Sioux City $98,000 130 -49%
Waterloo $94,000 270 -12%

Kansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lawrence $81,000 130 -10%
Manhattan $78,000 140 -21%
Topeka $88,000 320 -20%
Wichita $91,000 950 -14%

Kentucky

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bowling Green $78,000 220 +15%
Elizabethtown $72,000 170 +14%
Lexington $88,000 930 +2%
Louisville $92,000 2,550 +8%
Owensboro $76,000 150 -6%

Louisiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Alexandria $78,000 100 -55%
Baton Rouge $82,000 1,240 -13%
Houma $80,000 180 -47%
Lafayette $79,000 290 -45%
Lake Charles $78,000 160 -49%
Monroe $98,000 170 -37%
New Orleans $89,000 1,530 -25%
Shreveport $81,000 360 -46%

Maine

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bangor $89,000 180 -15%
Lewiston $82,000 260 +52%
Portland $94,000 1,060 +40%

Maryland

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Baltimore $102,000 4,880 -5%
Bethesda $121,000 3,060 +37%
Cumberland $63,000 90 -26%
Hagerstown $77,000 340 -3%
Salisbury $81,000 150 -18%

Massachusetts

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Barnstable Town $121,000 230 -36%
Boston $141,000 12,220 +80%
Brockton $97,000 380 +18%
Framingham $120,000 880 +45%
Haverhill $102,000 280 -4%
Lawrence $105,000 230 +11%
Leominster $87,000 130 -23%
Lowell $119,000 590 +34%
New Bedford $125,000 170 -25%
Peabody $93,000 480 +30%
Pittsfield $82,000 150 +43%
Springfield $102,000 1,110 -2%
Taunton $103,000 190 +26%
Worcester $117,000 1,280 +34%

Michigan

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ann Arbor $103,000 500 -20%
Battle Creek $107,000 120 -32%
Bay City $73,000 60 -43%
Detroit $120,000 1,980 -24%
Flint $101,000 230 -52%
Grand Rapids $96,000 1,100 -24%
Holland $85,000 260 -25%
Jackson $90,000 80 -51%
Kalamazoo $96,000 330 -34%
Lansing $92,000 520 -30%
Monroe $88,000 50 -58%
Muskegon $93,000 100 -48%
Niles $102,000 170 -15%
Saginaw $93,000 140 -52%
Warren $111,000 3,260 -22%

Minnesota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Duluth $97,000 330 -31%
Mankato $94,000 170 -12%
Minneapolis $123,000 9,370 +35%
Rochester $103,000 210 -43%
St Cloud $106,000 270 -22%

Mississippi

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Gulfport $74,000 320 -18%
Hattiesburg $79,000 130 -34%
Jackson $79,000 1,060 +10%
Pascagoula $73,000 120 -23%

Missouri

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cape Girardeau $85,000 70 -53%
Columbia $98,000 130 -54%
Jefferson City $90,000 130 -50%
Joplin $136,000 150 -46%
Kansas City $106,000 3,120 -21%
Springfield $95,000 290 -60%
St Joseph $101,000 90 -48%
St Louis $119,000 3,550 -32%

Montana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Billings $97,000 100 -67%
Great Falls $89,000 50 -59%
Missoula $85,000 70 -61%

Nebraska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lincoln $97,000 420 -30%
Omaha $131,000 1,030 -43%

Nevada

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Carson City $84,000 120 +45%
Las Vegas $100,000 2,890 -13%
Reno $105,000 770 +7%

New Hampshire

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Manchester $98,000 570 +52%
Nashua $97,000 770 +52%
Portsmouth $110,000 350 +76%
Rochester $100,000 370 +101%

New Jersey

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Atlantic City $108,000 410 -24%
Camden $124,000 2,040 +0%
Edison $137,000 5,450 +36%
Newark $141,000 6,140 +58%
Ocean City $112,000 70 -49%
Trenton $131,000 1,520 +77%
Vineland $121,000 170 -18%

New Mexico

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albuquerque $95,000 1,170 -21%
Farmington $84,000 110 -35%
Las Cruces $91,000 100 -55%
Santa Fe $121,000 370 +71%

New York

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albany $106,000 1,920 +10%
Binghamton $102,000 260 -37%
Buffalo $113,000 1,720 -20%
Elmira $90,000 80 -37%
Glens Falls $87,000 160 -10%
Ithaca $103,000 100 -27%
Kingston $77,000 280 +34%
Nassau $133,000 4,570 -7%
New York $168,000 36,800 +81%
Poughkeepsie $104,000 510 -46%
Rochester $112,000 1,600 -18%
Syracuse $115,000 820 -32%
Utica $98,000 330 -28%

North Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Asheville $97,000 330 -50%
Burlington $92,000 160 -18%
Charlotte $129,000 6,660 +100%
Durham $118,000 1,090 +4%
Fayetteville $102,000 170 -63%
Goldsboro $94,000 60 -55%
Greensboro $105,000 1,340 -2%
Greenville $102,000 160 -32%
Hickory $92,000 370 -32%
Jacksonville $75,000 60 -58%
Raleigh $108,000 2,230 +12%
Rocky Mount $98,000 190 -5%
Wilmington $108,000 370 -27%
Winston Salem $111,000 1,000 +26%

North Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bismarck $112,000 220 -3%
Fargo $92,000 480 +7%
Grand Forks $97,000 120 -27%

Ohio

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Akron $108,000 1,070 -13%
Canton $94,000 340 -45%
Cincinnati $111,000 3,920 -1%
Cleveland $115,000 3,320 -17%
Columbus $119,000 3,180 -11%
Dayton $104,000 870 -41%
Lima $90,000 90 -50%
Mansfield $83,000 100 -43%
Sandusky $83,000 60 -47%
Springfield $83,000 80 -51%
Steubenville $67,000 80 -42%
Toledo $101,000 650 -42%
Youngstown $92,000 470 -45%

Oklahoma

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lawton $74,000 80 -41%
Oklahoma City $89,000 1,860 -17%
Tulsa $92,000 1,590 -4%

Oregon

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bend $108,000 100 -54%
Corvallis $104,000 120 +40%
Eugene $98,000 370 -29%
Medford $96,000 140 -49%
Portland $108,000 3,390 -15%
Salem $95,000 310 -44%

Pennsylvania

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Allentown $103,000 960 -28%
Altoona $62,000 120 -43%
Erie $85,000 280 -41%
Harrisburg $99,000 830 -32%
Johnstown $78,000 100 -48%
Lancaster $103,000 420 -53%
Lebanon $78,000 60 -61%
Philadelphia $128,000 6,780 -9%
Pittsburgh $105,000 3,110 -30%
Reading $100,000 350 -44%
Scranton $77,000 470 -53%
State College $85,000 170 -22%
Williamsport $59,000 90 -49%
York $99,000 330 -50%

Rhode Island

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Providence $116,000 2,900 +34%

South Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anderson $102,000 90 -54%
Charleston $102,000 810 -26%
Columbia $98,000 1,100 -18%
Florence $108,000 150 -47%
Greenville $99,000 720 -37%
Myrtle Beach $84,000 190 -52%
Spartanburg $101,000 300 -29%
Sumter $106,000 30 -72%

South Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Rapid City $106,000 110 -50%
Sioux Falls $119,000 280 -46%

Tennessee

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Chattanooga $80,000 940 +9%
Clarksville $83,000 250 -10%
Cleveland $87,000 140 +25%
Jackson $74,000 140 -31%
Johnson City $69,000 260 +3%
Kingsport $89,000 290 -35%
Knoxville $92,000 1,500 +17%
Memphis $92,000 2,280 -5%
Morristown $66,000 120 -22%
Nashville $95,000 4,230 +47%

Texas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Abilene $87,000 130 -41%
Amarillo $111,000 210 -46%
Austin $118,000 2,130 -30%
Beaumont $94,000 250 -58%
Brownsville $78,000 220 -54%
College Station $103,000 170 -49%
Corpus Christi $78,000 210 -69%
Dallas $119,000 7,690 -6%
El Paso $92,000 460 -56%
Fort Worth $107,000 2,050 -39%
Houston $123,000 7,830 -24%
Killeen $113,000 180 -62%
Laredo $81,000 80 -71%
Longview $72,000 170 -51%
Lubbock $91,000 240 -48%
Mcallen $93,000 310 -64%
Midland $100,000 180 -18%
Odessa $112,000 80 -59%
San Angelo $94,000 80 -42%
San Antonio $112,000 2,470 -27%
Sherman $88,000 90 -35%
Texarkana $80,000 130 -30%
Tyler $118,000 170 -48%
Victoria $88,000 100 -38%
Waco $93,000 200 -45%
Wichita Falls $95,000 120 -37%

Utah

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Logan $78,000 90 -44%
Ogden $90,000 370 -51%
Provo $99,000 440 -31%
Salt Lake City $106,000 2,450 +4%
St George $105,000 80 -48%

Vermont

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Burlington $113,000 250 -39%

Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Blacksburg $87,000 120 -43%
Charlottesville $97,000 260 -16%
Danville $88,000 50 -56%
Harrisonburg $94,000 110 -43%
Lynchburg $91,000 220 -38%
Richmond $117,000 2,360 -1%
Roanoke $99,000 350 -40%
Virginia Beach $97,000 1,540 -48%
Winchester $94,000 140 -17%

Washington

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bellingham $82,000 230 -12%
Bremerton $103,000 140 -53%
Kennewick $102,000 260 -28%
Longview $91,000 90 -16%
Mount Vernon $97,000 100 -33%
Olympia $93,000 630 +76%
Seattle $122,000 6,790 +24%
Spokane $95,000 700 -9%
Tacoma $94,000 1,000 -1%
Wenatchee $94,000 90 -30%
Yakima $93,000 210 -30%

West Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Charleston $79,000 390 -28%
Huntington $83,000 260 -37%
Morgantown $80,000 130 -29%
Parkersburg $83,000 160 -33%
Wheeling $85,000 160 -29%

Wisconsin

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Appleton $88,000 340 -19%
Eau Claire $86,000 190 -27%
Fond $87,000 80 -44%
Green Bay $108,000 780 +24%
Janesville $93,000 140 -36%
La Crosse $90,000 240 -5%
Madison $106,000 1,170 -10%
Milwaukee $115,000 3,350 +4%
Oshkosh $90,000 340 +8%
Racine $101,000 180 -32%
Sheboygan $108,000 200 +4%
Wausau $100,000 220 -5%

Wyoming

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Casper $87,000 60 -50%
Cheyenne $84,000 110 -22%
*FOOTNOTES: Job Facts salary and numbers data is based on US Department of Labor Statistics data for 2011. Other data on page may be from earlier years. Typical salary is given as median salary, where 50% in the job make more and 50% less. Salary range is Job Hunt's estimates of typical starting salary as being at the 10th percentile of reported pay and typical top end salary, for the most senior workers, as being at the 90th. Job openings is an estimate of new jobs every year due to growth plus those leaving the field. Where NA is given data is not available. Suggested studies is based on Job Hunt research, suggesting a minimum degree level that is judged to offer the best opportunities for entry-level employment. This Financial Managers schools and career page was originally researched by CityTownInfo.com.