Average Senior Financial Analyst Salary

The top respondents for the job title Senior Financial Analyst are from the companies Amazon.com Inc, Johnson & Johnson and Lockheed Martin Corp. Reported salaries are highest at Amazon.com Inc where the average pay is $92,870. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include Intel Corporation and Kaiser Permanente, earning around $91,003 and $89,524, respectively. UnitedHealth Group pays the lowest at around $65,088. Comcast Cable, Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corp also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $74,447 and $76,956, respectively.

Skills in Financial Analysis, Forecasting and Financial Modeling are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Financial Reporting and Microsoft Excel.

An entry-level Senior Financial Analyst with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $69,720 based on 63 salaries. An early career Senior Financial Analyst with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $74,789 based on 4,265 salaries. A mid-career Senior Financial Analyst with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $80,837 based on 5,520 salaries. An experienced Senior Financial Analyst with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $84,958 based on 2,922 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $87,816.

Employees with Senior Financial Analyst in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 21.8% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in New York, New York (4.0% more) and Los Angeles, California (3.1% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Atlanta, Georgia (2.2% less), Chicago, Illinois (0.5% less) and Boston, Massachusetts (0.5% less).