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Financial Risk Specialist Workplace Records
Financial risk specialists assess exposure and communicate findings to decision-makers. A workplace concern may involve a disputed assumption or pressure to revise a recommendation. Explain what your analysis supported and who controlled the final decision, keeping the employment chronology separate from confidential positions and financial results.
Call now(800) 800-5555Free initial case evaluation. Representation depends on work state and case eligibility. This guide explains record preparation; it does not determine whether a legal claim exists.
A record map for your role
What to organize first
Assumption record
List the original analytical instruction and relevant approved changes without reproducing proprietary model inputs.
Escalation chronology
Record the limitation raised, recipient and response, distinguishing facts from your interpretation of them.
Own feedback
Keep your evaluation or reassignment notice separately from positions, financial datasets and restricted analysis.
Start with the work you actually do
Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Financial Risk Specialists (13-2054.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Analyze areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of organizations.Source task 21605 · updated 11/2020
- Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.Source task 21606 · updated 11/2020
- Conduct statistical analyses to quantify risk, using statistical analysis software or econometric models.Source task 21607 · updated 11/2020
- Confer with traders to identify and communicate risks associated with specific trading strategies or positions.Source task 21608 · updated 11/2020
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Financial Risk Specialists (SOC 13-2054). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
Select your work state to see its published pay range. No personal pay information is requested or sent.
The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $26.78 | $39.31 | $53.34 | $81,750 |
| Alaska | $27.18 | $41.04 | $62.55 | $85,370 |
| Arizona | $37.45 | $49.42 | $64.33 | $102,800 |
| Arkansas | $24.20 | $31.79 | $51.72 | $66,110 |
| Connecticut | $40.11 | $54.80 | $75.67 | $113,990 |
| Delaware | $52.94 | $67.04 | $81.12 | $139,440 |
| Florida | $37.20 | $48.03 | $64.75 | $99,900 |
| Georgia | $32.22 | $48.35 | $64.51 | $100,570 |
| Hawaii | $37.66 | $43.20 | $59.31 | $89,860 |
| Idaho | $26.63 | $36.96 | $48.30 | $76,870 |
| Indiana | $29.69 | $47.72 | $57.26 | $99,250 |
| Iowa | $43.65 | $50.81 | $63.89 | $105,680 |
| Kansas | $30.62 | $40.77 | $58.35 | $84,790 |
| Kentucky | $27.28 | $35.89 | $46.39 | $74,640 |
| Louisiana | $24.62 | $28.10 | $32.63 | $58,440 |
| Maine | $45.20 | $67.80 | $67.80 | $141,020 |
| Michigan | $38.33 | $49.97 | $63.59 | $103,940 |
| Minnesota | $41.50 | $50.68 | $63.18 | $105,420 |
| Mississippi | $31.24 | $46.20 | $74.52 | $96,100 |
| Missouri | $38.22 | $48.38 | $61.74 | $100,620 |
| Montana | $39.89 | $48.52 | $54.95 | $100,920 |
| Nebraska | $35.02 | $45.33 | $50.77 | $94,280 |
| New Hampshire | $53.51 | $76.12 | $76.12 | $158,320 |
| New Mexico | $29.81 | $41.95 | $51.81 | $87,260 |
| New York | $50.55 | $65.78 | $86.36 | $136,830 |
| North Carolina | $47.60 | $63.48 | $80.69 | $132,040 |
| North Dakota | $29.57 | $35.88 | $47.97 | $74,630 |
| Ohio | $37.13 | $47.43 | $62.92 | $98,650 |
| Oklahoma | $28.84 | $40.94 | $51.21 | $85,140 |
| Pennsylvania | $38.80 | $49.54 | $63.92 | $103,040 |
| Rhode Island | $39.43 | $50.23 | $69.44 | $104,470 |
| South Dakota | $35.37 | $37.96 | $60.36 | $78,960 |
| Tennessee | $35.33 | $43.73 | $56.93 | $90,950 |
| Texas | $38.78 | $49.88 | $63.74 | $103,760 |
| Utah | $30.49 | $37.39 | $49.03 | $77,770 |
| Virginia | $47.32 | $60.82 | $78.01 | $126,510 |
| West Virginia | $38.70 | $45.36 | $60.88 | $94,350 |
| Wisconsin | $37.23 | $47.03 | $56.65 | $97,820 |
| Wyoming | $51.01 | $57.48 | $57.48 | $119,550 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Identify the risk question and assumptions
Describe the analysis purpose, reporting period and assumptions available when you worked. Note revised limits or inputs and who approved them. Distinguish a scenario estimate from an observed loss and avoid presenting a later market outcome as proof that an earlier recommendation was correct or incorrect.
Trace review and escalation
Record when you raised a limitation, requested information or submitted a finding and the response received. Separately describe any later employment action with its stated reason. Keep your own permitted feedback without copying traders’ positions or another professional’s confidential advice to explain the disagreement.
Protect financial and model information
Do not export risk models, transaction records, client data, nonpublic reports or credentials. Identify supporting records by general type and authorized location. Your personal notes can describe the instruction and response without disclosing sensitive exposure figures or conducting new analyses outside approved systems.
Choose your next step
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