Counted October 19, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Finance Associate: $105K median posted pay.
From 13 salary bands employers posted on 33 open finance associate roles in finance. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 24 | $75K | — |
| Senior | 9 | — (4 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Brex | 3 | — |
| Bridgewater Associates | 2 | — |
| Bain Capital, LP | 2 | — |
| Fugro | 2 | — |
| Harvard University | 2 | — |
| Anduril Industries | 2 | — |
| For nearly 160 years, PNC | 2 | — |
| Bloomberg | 2 | — |
| Instawork | 1 | — |
| Flagler Health | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open finance associate roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheet Analysis | 15 | — |
| Budgeting and Forecasting | 10 | — |
| Financial Modeling | 8 | — |
| Forecasting | 8 | — |
| Financial Reporting | 6 | — |
| Dashboard Building | 4 | — |
| Production Scheduling | 4 | — |
| CRM Systems | 4 | — |
| Presentation Software | 4 | — |
| Accounts Payable | 3 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid15%5 roles
- On site70%23 roles
- Not stated15%5 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 33 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 19, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 13 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Finance Associate (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in finance, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.