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Financial Advisor Career Market Report 2026

1,479 active jobs. 119 companies. Median salary $60K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,479
Active Job Openings
119
Companies Hiring
$60K
Median Salary (US)
69%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Financial Advisor market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 69% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $60K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $41K to $146K.

Remote roles pay 17% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

Financial Planning is the most-demanded skill at 47%

Tax Preparation demand rose +11.6pp — fastest-growing skill

Lplfinancial leads hiring with 144 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$440K, +733%)

Salary increase: +$440K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Mid-Level55$52K$60K$146K
Senior50$37K$500K$500K
Junior8$41K$56K$90K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$440K (733%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States203$60KUSD
Canada54$60KUSD
Remote3$50KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.5%
Remote2.5%
Hybrid0.5%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Financial Planning
47%
Risk Management
18%
Excel
18%
AML / KYC
16%
Tax Preparation
12%
Cash Handling
8%
Due Diligence
7%
AI/LLM
6%
Financial Analysis
6%
Portfolio Management
4%
Go
4%
Bilingual
3%

Skills on the Rise

Tax Preparation ↑+11.6ppCash Handling ↑+7.8ppAI/LLM ↑+6.3ppGo ↑+3.7ppBilingual ↑+3.3pp

Declining in Demand

Customer Service ↓-21.0ppSalesforce ↓-18.5ppFinancial Planning ↓-16.9ppProcurement ↓-16.2ppJournalism ↓-11.6pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Lplfinancial1449.7%
Worldacceptance1157.8%
Td1147.7%
Cibc916.2%
wisepathgroup795.3%
Sunlife543.7%
Corebridgefinancial543.7%
Fmr513.4%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States669
Canada203
Remote31
Australia8
United Kingdom7
Italy7
India3
Greece3

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree88.4%905
Bachelor's Degree4.9%50
Master's Degree2.0%20
MBA0.2%2

Certifications

CFA (4%)CPA (3%)

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