Throughline

Business and finance

Financial and Investment Analyst in San Francisco

16 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 16 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 13-2051.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · no education survey published for this occupation

This sample is small enough that one posting moves any percentage by more than a couple of points, so we are not calling anything low-signal here. Read the numbers above as a direction, not a measurement.

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$82,570
10th percentile
$130,520
median
$217,160
90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

SpaceX · Zoox · Harbinger Motors · Chandos · Checkr · Databricks · Flexport · Oura · Roblox · USM

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