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Financial services and insurance: jobs, pay and hiring
27,690 open postings from 616 employers. Median listed pay $165,500; 27.8% fully remote; 9% entry level.
This hub covers banks, payments and fintech companies, asset managers and insurers, which our methodology labels Financial Services and Insurance. Roles inside them range from risk and compliance to operations, analytics and technology.
What the data shows
- 27,690 open postings from 616 employers in the October 2026 snapshot, 8.2% of all postings we track.
- The median listed pay is $165,500 (middle half: $120,000 to $213,000), against $162,500 across all industries. 41.2% of postings list a pay range, against 37.8% overall.
- 27.8% of postings are fully remote (23.6% overall) and 9% are entry level (10.2% overall); 53.1% are senior or above.
- A typical posting has been open 24 days (29 overall), and 17.7% have been open more than 60 days.
As of the October 2026 snapshot of 335,906 open postings from 7,678 employers.
How financial services and insurance compares with all industries
| Measure | Financial services and insurance | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Open postings | 27,690 | 335,906 |
| Employers hiring | 616 | 7,678 |
| Postings that list pay | 41.2% | 37.8% |
| Median listed pay | $165,500 | $162,500 |
| Fully remote | 27.8% | 23.6% |
| Entry level | 9% | 10.2% |
| Senior or above | 53.1% | 40.1% |
| Median days a posting has been open | 24 | 29 |
| Open more than 60 days | 17.7% | 23.5% |
Pay by job family
Where a job family has at least 25 postings with a listed range in this industry and across all industries, the table compares the median listed salary.
| Job family | Financial services and insurance | All industries | Postings with pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software developers | $201,500 | $202,500 | 803 |
| Sales | $149,000 | $141,500 | 621 |
| Product and design | $195,000 | $185,000 | 374 |
| Marketing | $165,500 | $162,500 | 324 |
| Operations and logistics | $145,000 | $143,500 | 286 |
| Legal and compliance | $180,000 | $185,000 | 258 |
| Finance and accounting | $150,500 | $155,000 | 254 |
| Software engineering | $195,000 | $187,000 | 228 |
| Security and IT | $199,500 | $188,500 | 172 |
| People and recruiting | $160,500 | $146,500 | 116 |
| Data and analytics | $155,500 | $152,500 | 106 |
| Customer support and success | $115,000 | $122,500 | 101 |
| Data scientists | $205,000 | $190,000 | 83 |
| Accountants | $88,000 | $100,000 | 62 |
Largest employers posting jobs
| Employer | Open postings | Share of the industry's postings |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One | 2,130 | 7.7% |
| U.S. Bank | 1,273 | 4.6% |
| State Street | 1,153 | 4.2% |
| Mastercard | 1,114 | 4% |
| Stripe | 737 | 2.7% |
| Airwallex | 710 | 2.6% |
| Sedgwick | 593 | 2.1% |
| KeyBank | 581 | 2.1% |
Counts are open postings on each employer's own career page. Job marketplaces, staffing firms and recruiters are left out of this list. One large employer can shape a local market.
Where the postings are
| Metro area | Postings in this industry | Share of the industry's postings |
|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 2,261 | 8.2% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,281 | 4.6% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 1,015 | 3.7% |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 493 | 1.8% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 471 | 1.7% |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 342 | 1.2% |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 336 | 1.2% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 303 | 1.1% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 300 | 1.1% |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 263 | 0.9% |
A posting that lists several locations counts in each metro area, so shares can add to more than 100%.
What to check next
- More postings here list pay than average (41.2% against 37.8%), so you can compare ranges before you apply. How to read a posted range.
- Compared with the same job family across all industries, listed pay is highest relative to the all-industries median for People and recruiting ($160,500 against $146,500, $14,000 more) and furthest below it for Accountants ($88,000 against $100,000, $12,000 less). Check which family your experience fits before comparing.
- Read the pay and requirements in the posting itself. Our figures describe listed postings, not offers and not every vacancy.
Next steps
- How to read a posted pay range
- What employers ask on application forms
- Paycheck calculator: what a salary is worth in another city
- Compare metro areas
- Find jobs that fit your resume in Second Summit (free during beta)
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Source: Second Summit, October 2026, from the open postings on employers' own career pages. Pay is the listed salary range, counted at its midpoint. Methodology
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