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Financial and Investment Analysts pay in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Financial and Investment Analysts is $79,790 per year in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. It is $158,310 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 49.6% below Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 150 wage and salary jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and 2,550 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.