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Financial and Investment Analysts pay in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Financial and Investment Analysts is $158,310 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. It is $84,860 per year in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 86.6% above Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 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 2,550 wage and salary jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and 360 in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. 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.