Financial Managers
Business, Management and AdministrationO*NET 11-3031.00United States
Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.
- Median annual earnings
- $164,513
- Projected change
- +16.4%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 898.57K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
77.3% of the workforce
Growing to 1.05M by 2035
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The work
What financial managers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
- Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
- Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of workers in branches, offices, or departments of establishments, such as branch banks, brokerage firms, risk and insurance departments, or credit departments.
- Recruit staff members.
- Evaluate data pertaining to costs to plan budgets.
- Oversee training programs.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $92,520
- 25th percentile
- $123,608
- 50th percentile
- $164,513
- 75th percentile
- $219,080
- 90th percentile
- $324,312
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $164,513 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+16.4%much faster than average
2025898,565 jobs
2035 projected1,045,860 jobs
147,295 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 77.3%
- High school diploma or less
- 14.2%
- Some college
- 4.6%
- Associate degree
- 3.9%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Management of Financial Resources
- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Branch Managers15,211 postings
- 02Tax Managers13,201 postings
- 03Accounting Managers12,451 postings
- 04Finance Managers8,373 postings
- 05Assistant Branch Managers4,817 postings
- 06Financial Planning and Analysis Managers4,567 postings
- 07Revenue Cycle Managers2,763 postings
- 08Accounts Payable Managers2,436 postings
- 09Automotive Finance Managers1,935 postings
- 10District Branch Managers1,783 postings
- 11Directors of Finance1,646 postings
- 12Accounting Supervisors1,469 postings
- 13Branch Operations Managers1,436 postings
- 14Revenue Managers1,397 postings
- 15International Tax Managers1,277 postings
- 16Accounts Payable Supervisors1,250 postings
- 17Branch Operations Leaders1,227 postings
- 18Treasury Managers1,162 postings
- 19Revenue Operations Managers1,096 postings
- 20Financial Reporting Managers1,079 postings
Top employers
- 01Robert Half6,461 postings
- 02GPAC4,832 postings
- 03Wells Fargo3,784 postings
- 04JPMorgan Chase3,238 postings
- 05PricewaterhouseCoopers2,241 postings
- 06Ernst & Young2,087 postings
- 07KPMG1,765 postings
- 08Vaco1,632 postings
- 09PNC1,333 postings
- 10Creative Financial Staffing1,318 postings
- 11Amazon1,276 postings
- 12Jobot1,182 postings
- 13Deloitte1,053 postings
- 14Cherry Bekaert1,032 postings
- 15Crowe1,008 postings
- 16Bank of America986 postings
- 17Staff Financial Group986 postings
- 18Accenture913 postings
- 19Cardinal Health893 postings
- 20Truist Financial756 postings
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