Financial Analyst salary in Raleigh, NC

Based on 44 certified H-1B filings in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Morrisville, Cary, Wendell, Apex, Clayton.

Also listed as: Investment Analyst

Median salary$105,541
Middle 50%$87.6k–$125.1k
vs. national median−23%comparison median $137,500
Filings44FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $69,521 and $532,592.
PercentileSalary
10th$80,975
25th$87,610
50th (median)$105,541
75th$125,125
90th$175,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $90k $120k FY2020: median $84,500 (24 filings) FY2021: median $68,000 (27 filings) FY2022: median $94,966 (16 filings) FY2023: median $87,500 (12 filings) FY2024: median $85,000 (15 filings) FY2025: median $95,000 (22 filings) FY2026: median $110,245 (22 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 24 filings FY20 FY2021: 27 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 22 filings FY25 FY2026: 22 filings FY26 27
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$84,500$75,000$117,92724
FY2021$68,000$63,000$82,80527
FY2022$94,966$79,763$140,49316
FY2023$87,500$71,400$118,83812
FY2024$85,000$69,750$118,59815
FY2025$95,000$87,776$132,62522
FY2026$110,245$91,083$123,03222

Cost of living

Raleigh's median Financial Analyst salary of $105,541 is worth about $107,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Raleigh = 98.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Financial and Investment Analysts in the Raleigh, NC area earned a median of $99,200 in May 2025 (1,380 employed). The H-1B median here is $105,541, 6% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Lenovo (United States)too few7
EYtoo few6
Siemenstoo few2
UBStoo few2
Accord Healthcaretoo few2
DB USA Coretoo few2
Epic Gamestoo few2
Siemens Energytoo few2
Solutions Synctoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $96,380 16
Senior · Level III too few 4
Expert · Level IV too few 3

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$87,776$96,38016

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.