Financial Examiners

Government and Public Administration
Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.

What a financial examiner does

Become a financial examiner

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good financial examiner

  • Reading work related information.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $49 per hour with an average salary of $102,100 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $37 and $57 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $76,400 and $118,400 per year.

Financial Examiner job outlook

  • There are 366 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 75 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Programs to get you there

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