Financial Quantitative Analysts Career, Salary and Skills
Financial Quantitative Analysts have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $81,100 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 132,130. Wage data is published for 306 locations.
Occupation description
Develop quantitative techniques to inform securities investing, equities investing, pricing, or valuation of financial instruments. Develop mathematical or statistical models for risk management, asset optimization, pricing, or relative value analysis.
O*NET code
13-2099.01
Job zone
5
Typical education
Master's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$81,100
Hourly median
$38.99
Employment
132,130
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 4.38 | 5.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.12 | 4.75 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.75 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.88 | 4.12 |
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.75 | 4.25 |
| Active Learning | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Writing | 3.50 | 4.00 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.25 | 3.75 |
Typical tasks
- Research or develop analytical tools to address issues such as portfolio construction or optimization, performance measurement, attribution, profit and loss measurement, or pricing models.
- Interpret results of financial analysis procedures.
- Develop core analytical capabilities or model libraries, using advanced statistical, quantitative, or econometric techniques.
- Define or recommend model specifications or data collection methods.
- Produce written summary reports of financial research results.
- Maintain or modify all financial analytic models in use.
- Provide application or analytical support to researchers or traders on issues such as valuations or data.
- Apply mathematical or statistical techniques to address practical issues in finance, such as derivative valuation, securities trading, risk management, or financial market regulation.
Technology
- Oracle Java
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- Perl
- Python
- R
- SAS
- StataCorp Stata
- Structured query language SQL
- Tableau
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Apache Hive
- Bloomberg Professional
- C#
Financial Quantitative Analysts salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in CAMedian $80,810 · Employment 14,290
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in TXMedian $71,650 · Employment 13,550
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in New York, NYMedian $109,580 · Employment 11,950
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in NYMedian $107,490 · Employment 9,750
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in FLMedian $61,660 · Employment 6,960
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in ILMedian $81,180 · Employment 5,850
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in Washington, DCMedian $120,580 · Employment 5,820
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in NJMedian $98,630 · Employment 5,510
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in VAMedian $92,930 · Employment 5,070
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $81,740 · Employment 4,630
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $72,330 · Employment 4,440
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Salary in NCMedian $80,900 · Employment 4,190
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.