Which pays more, Auditor or Financial Analyst?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Auditor vs Financial Analyst

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit under 1% apart. There is 2.2× more demand for Auditor. Listings for Auditor move faster — median age 35 days against 60.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Auditor	Financial Analyst	Gap
Open postings	22,274	9,984	+12,290
Posted this week	1,638	254
Median salary	$100,500	$100,000	+$500
25th percentile	$79.5k	$79k
75th percentile	$125k	$124k
Salary disclosed	2.9%	8.4%
Remote share	10.1%	5.3%	+4.8pp
Median age of posting	35d	60d
Open over 60 days	34.7%	37.0%
Visa sponsorship	17.8%	15.2%

Pay

Pay distribution

Auditor

$45k$174k

Financial Analyst

$45k$173k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Auditor

just posted35d median90d+

Financial Analyst

just posted60d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Auditor — technologies

Figma

72.0%

Node.js

65.8%

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

Java

47.2%

Swift

41.0%

React

34.8%

Financial Analyst — technologies

Python

72.0%

Docker

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

JavaScript

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

dbt

41.0%

Snowflake

34.8%

Auditor — employers

Meridian Software

9.4%

Fairmount Legal

8.7%

Northwind Systems

8.0%

Brightline Retail

7.2%

Ironbark Manufacturing

6.5%

Cobalt Financial

5.8%

Lakeshore Hospitality

5.1%

Financial Analyst — employers

Brightline Retail

9.4%

Meridian Software

8.7%

Fairmount Legal

8.0%

Vantage Logistics

7.2%

Solstice Biotech

6.5%

Halcyon Energy

5.8%

Umbra Security

5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.