Financial Examiners Salary — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The average Financial Examiners in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania earns $99,840 a year.

$99,840 / year, mean
↓ 8.4% below national average 86th percentile in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia pays well above most of Pennsylvania for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's noticeably below the national average for financial examiners, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,380
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.5%
Cost of living 103 #37 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $390,463 #56 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $89,273 #27 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Philadelphia ranks #37 for cost of living and #56 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $155,060 New York $143,750 Seattle $131,870 San Jose $127,560 Baltimore $115,710 Los Angeles $113,510 San Diego $112,740 Chicago $111,650 Richmond $107,560 Indianapolis $105,140 Olympia $104,770 Trenton $102,190 Sacramento $100,660 Pittsburgh $100,650 Roanoke $100,280 Houston $99,900 Philadelphia $99,840 Portland $99,730 Syracuse $97,790 Lexington $97,200 Louisville $97,090 Miami $96,810 Austin $96,310 Riverside $96,240 Lancaster $94,020 Oxnard $93,160 Harrisburg $92,970 Salem $92,730 Dallas $91,840 Rochester $91,300 Peoria $91,190 Albany $90,700 Fresno $90,160 Atlantic City $89,330 Bakersfield $89,250 Springfield $89,180 Jacksonville $89,080 Huntington $88,960 Detroit $88,190 Lubbock $87,640 Bloomington $87,540 Champaign $86,050 Eugene $83,340 Orlando $83,300 Lansing $82,930 Reading $82,620 Kiryas Joel $82,540 Buffalo $81,450 San Antonio $80,410 Virginia Beach $79,050 Scranton $78,970 Erie $78,100 Grand Rapids $76,890 Longview $74,120 El Paso $73,490 Tampa $71,740 Pensacola $70,450 Lakeland $66,790 Charleston $66,640 Waco $64,750 Tallahassee $62,660 Utica $61,320 McAllen $52,220
CityMean salaryvs. Philadelphia
Albany, New York$90,700-9.2%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$89,330-10.5%
Austin, Texas$96,310-3.5%
Bakersfield, California$89,250-10.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$115,710+15.9%
Bloomington, Illinois$87,540-12.3%
Buffalo, New York$81,450-18.4%
Champaign, Illinois$86,050-13.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$66,640-33.3%
Chicago, Illinois$111,650+11.8%
Dallas, Texas$91,840-8.0%
Detroit, Michigan$88,190-11.7%
El Paso, Texas$73,490-26.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$78,100-21.8%
Eugene, Oregon$83,340-16.5%
Fresno, California$90,160-9.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$76,890-23.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$92,970-6.9%
Houston, Texas$99,900+0.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$88,960-10.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$105,140+5.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$89,080-10.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$82,540-17.3%
Lakeland, Florida$66,790-33.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$94,020-5.8%
Lansing, Michigan$82,930-16.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$97,200-2.6%
Longview, Texas$74,120-25.8%
Los Angeles, California$113,510+13.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$97,090-2.8%
Lubbock, Texas$87,640-12.2%
McAllen, Texas$52,220-47.7%
Miami, Florida$96,810-3.0%
New York, New York$143,750+44.0%
Olympia, Washington$104,770+4.9%
Orlando, Florida$83,300-16.6%
Oxnard, California$93,160-6.7%
Pensacola, Florida$70,450-29.4%
Peoria, Illinois$91,190-8.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$100,650+0.8%
Portland, Oregon$99,730-0.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$82,620-17.2%
Richmond, Virginia$107,560+7.7%
Riverside, California$96,240-3.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$100,280+0.4%
Rochester, New York$91,300-8.6%
Sacramento, California$100,660+0.8%
Salem, Oregon$92,730-7.1%
San Antonio, Texas$80,410-19.5%
San Diego, California$112,740+12.9%
San Francisco, California$155,060+55.3%
San Jose, California$127,560+27.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$78,970-20.9%
Seattle, Washington$131,870+32.1%
Springfield, Illinois$89,180-10.7%
Syracuse, New York$97,790-2.1%
Tallahassee, Florida$62,660-37.2%
Tampa, Florida$71,740-28.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$102,190+2.4%
Utica, New York$61,320-38.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$79,050-20.8%
Waco, Texas$64,750-35.1%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
99,840/yr
Estimated take-home
76,002/yr
Est. total withheld
23.9%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-2061 SOC code
Official area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 37980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
CamdenWilmington
Multi-state area: PA;NJ;DE;MD
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Pennsylvania

Population (metro area)
6,241,882