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title: "Finance Jobs"
description: "Careers managing money and risk: analysts, advisors, accountants, actuaries, underwriters, traders and the managers of financial teams. Careers centred…"
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/finance-jobs"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Finance Jobs

Careers managing money and risk: analysts, advisors, accountants, actuaries, underwriters, traders and the managers of financial teams. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

48 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Chief Restructuring Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-restructuring-officer) | $213,990 | +3.2% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [Private Equity Operating Partner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-equity-operating-partner) | $213,990 | +3.2% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Public Company Board Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-company-board-director) | $213,990 | +3.2% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Corporate Development Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/corporate-development-manager) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Endowment Chief Investment Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/endowment-chief-investment-officer) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [Family Office Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-office-director) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 8 | [Fractional CFO](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fractional-cfo) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 9 | [Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hedge-fund-portfolio-manager) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [Investment Fund Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/investment-fund-manager) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Private Credit Investor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-credit-investor) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 12 | [Private Equity Partner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-equity-partner) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [Private Equity Principal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-equity-principal) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Private Equity Vice President](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-equity-vice-president) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Public Pension Chief Investment Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-pension-chief-investment-officer) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 16 | [Treasurer and Controller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/treasurer-and-controller) | $166,570 | +9.7% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [Chief Revenue Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-revenue-officer) | $148,270 | +4.5% | Bachelor's |
| 18 | [Investor Relations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/investor-relations-manager) | $146,910 | +5.7% | Bachelor's |
| 19 | [Quantitative Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/quantitative-developer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 20 | [Financial Risk Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-risk-specialist) | $117,330 | +7.4% | Bachelor's |
| 21 | [Owner's Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/owners-representative) | $114,990 | +9.1% | Bachelor's |
| 22 | [Preconstruction Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/preconstruction-manager) | $114,990 | +9.1% | Bachelor's |
| 23 | [Chief of Staff](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-of-staff) | $105,770 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 24 | [Financial Advisor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-advisor) | $105,070 | +1.4% | Bachelor's |
| 25 | [Private Banker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-banker) | $105,070 | +1.4% | Bachelor's |
| 26 | [Trust Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/trust-officer) | $105,070 | +1.4% | Bachelor's |
| 27 | [Wealth Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wealth-manager) | $105,070 | +1.4% | Bachelor's |
| 28 | [Financial and Investment Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-and-investment-analyst) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 29 | [Financial Planning and Analysis Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-planning-and-analysis-manager) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 30 | [Hedge Fund Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hedge-fund-analyst) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 31 | [Private Equity Associate](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-equity-associate) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 32 | [Real Estate Acquisitions Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/real-estate-acquisitions-analyst) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 33 | [Treasury Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/treasury-manager) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 34 | [Venture Capitalist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/venture-capitalist) | $102,740 | +7.2% | Bachelor's |
| 35 | [Management Consulting Partner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/management-consulting-partner) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Master's |
| 36 | [Merger Integration Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/merger-integration-manager) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Bachelor's |
| 37 | [Strategy Consultant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/strategy-consultant) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Bachelor's |
| 38 | [Financial Examiner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-examiner) | $94,160 | +9.3% | Bachelor's |
| 39 | [Budget Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/budget-analyst) | $91,640 | +1.9% | Bachelor's |
| 40 | [Accountant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/accountant) | $83,680 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 41 | [Forensic Accountant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forensic-accountant) | $83,680 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 42 | [Internal Auditor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/internal-auditor) | $83,680 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 43 | [Transfer Pricing Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transfer-pricing-specialist) | $83,680 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 44 | [Credit Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/credit-analyst) | $83,510 | -4.3% | Bachelor's |
| 45 | [ESG Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/esg-analyst) | $83,050 | +3.9% | Bachelor's |
| 46 | [Impact Investment Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/impact-investment-analyst) | $83,050 | +3.9% | Bachelor's |
| 47 | [Insurance Underwriter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/insurance-underwriter) | $81,370 | -3.8% | Bachelor's |
| 48 | [Reinsurance Underwriter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/reinsurance-underwriter) | $81,370 | -3.8% | Bachelor's |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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