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Financial Risk Specialists pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Winston-Salem, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Financial Risk Specialists is $167,440 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $131,630 per year in Winston-Salem, NC. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 27.2% above Winston-Salem, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2054 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 1,380 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 180 in Winston-Salem, NC. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings