What are the main factors that influence an SOX Analyst's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change an SOX Analyst's salary?

An SOX Analyst's salary grows with experience: starting around $93,649 for beginners, reaching about $95,582 at mid-level, and approach $100,398 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an SOX Analyst?

SOX Analyst salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for SOX Analyst roles are District of Columbia $107,446, California $107,038, Massachusetts $105,611. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of SOX Analyst roles make?

Salaries for SOX Analyst level roles vary by specialization: SOX Compliance Director: $216,700; Top SOX Executive: $215,855; SOX Compliance Manager: $131,270; SOX Audit Manager: $127,578; SOX Manager: $112,782.

How do different companies affect an SOX Analyst's salary?

Company size, industry, and compensation structure create significant salary variations for SOX Analyst roles. Large, established industry leaders like C R Bard Inc ($128,509) and Henry Schein Canada ($124,697) offer base salaries 35-40% above the national average. In contrast, smaller firms or startups may offer closer to $82,041.

SOX Analyst Salary in the United States

How much does an SOX Analyst make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for an SOX Analyst in the United States is $97,043 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $47.

However, an SOX Analyst's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $111,570
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $88,626 to $104,647
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $80,962

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SOX Analyst Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$104,647	$8,721	$2,012	$50
Average	$97,043	$8,087	$1,866	$47
25th Percentile	$88,626	$7,385	$1,704	$43

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Key Factors That Influence SOX Analyst Salaries

An SOX Analyst's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects SOX Analyst Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an SOX Analyst's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $93,649
Early Career (1-2 years): $93,907
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $95,582
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $98,720
Expert (over 8 years): $100,398

Levels	Salary
Entry Level SOX Analyst	$93,649
Intermediate Level SOX Analyst	$93,907
Senior Level SOX Analyst	$95,582
Specialist Level SOX Analyst	$98,720
Expert Level SOX Analyst	$100,398

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How Do SOX Analyst Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract SOX Analysts. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $107,446.
California: $107,038.
Massachusetts: $105,611.

District of Columbia $107,446 California $107,038 Massachusetts $105,611 Washington $105,223 New Jersey $105,184 Alaska $105,049 Connecticut $103,709 New York $103,166

Hawaii $101,429 Rhode Island $100,614 Maryland $100,061 Minnesota $99,304 Colorado $99,013 Illinois $98,916 Oregon $98,547 Delaware $98,275

New Hampshire $98,104 Virginia $97,722 Pennsylvania $96,606 Nevada $96,043 North Dakota $95,859 Michigan $95,568 Wisconsin $95,461 Vermont $95,247

Texas $94,655 Maine $94,617 Arizona $94,558 Ohio $94,490 Georgia $93,598 Indiana $93,151 Wyoming $93,064 Utah $92,928

Iowa $92,870 Kansas $92,404 Louisiana $92,268 North Carolina $92,220 Missouri $92,200 Florida $91,822 Montana $91,618 Nebraska $91,424

Kentucky $91,317 South Carolina $90,929 Tennessee $90,686 Idaho $90,589 New Mexico $89,881 Oklahoma $89,726 Alabama $89,153 South Dakota $88,192

Arkansas $87,668 West Virginia $87,387 Mississippi $86,543

Top Paying Cities for SOX Analysts

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

San Jose: $122,400
San Francisco: $121,197
Oakland: $118,508

San Jose, CA $122,400

San Francisco, CA $121,197

Oakland, CA $118,508

New York, NY $112,463

Queens Village, NY $111,735

Paramus, NJ $110,959

Passaic, NJ $110,861

Bergenfield, NJ $110,764

Stamford, CT $110,619

Huntington, NY $110,522

Newark, NJ $109,891

Bridgeport, CT $109,697

New Brunswick, NJ $109,377

Vallejo, CA $109,173

Middlesex, NJ $109,115

Somerset, NJ $109,027

Petaluma, CA $108,804

Santa Cruz, CA $108,426

Boston, MA $108,232

Monterey, CA $107,746

Fairbanks, AK $107,678

Los Angeles, CA $107,494

Washington, DC $107,446

Seattle, WA $107,271

Santa Rosa, CA $107,251

Juneau, AK $106,970

Orange, CA $106,650

Anchorage, AK $106,475

Anaheim, CA $106,407

Santa Ana, CA $106,262

Nassau, NY $106,203

Long Beach, CA $106,165

Danbury, CT $106,135

Santa Maria, CA $105,806

Everett, WA $105,786

Bremerton, WA $105,311

Trenton, NJ $105,126

Sacramento, CA $105,087

San Diego, CA $105,039

Brockton, MA $105,000

Tacoma, WA $104,961

Santa Barbara, CA $104,825

Lowell, MA $104,437

New Suffolk, NY $104,398

Nashua, NH $104,282

Lompoc, CA $104,127

Ventura, CA $104,030

Stockton, CA $104,001

New Haven, CT $103,806

Atlantic City, NJ $103,554

Hartford, CT $103,341

Modesto, CA $103,292

Poughkeepsie, NY $103,079

New Britain, CT $103,030

Olympia, WA $102,894

Kennewick, WA $102,894

New London, CT $102,875

Norwich, CT $102,846

Lawrence, MA $102,797

Bakersfield, CA $102,526

Riverside, CA $102,390

New Bedford, MA $102,390

Richland, WA $102,293

Portsmouth, NH $102,215

Vineland, NJ $102,196

San Bernardino, CA $102,118

Boulder, CO $101,846

Worcester, MA $101,769

Portland, OR $101,681

Saint Paul, MN $101,565

Minneapolis, MN $101,565

Philadelphia, PA $101,429

Honolulu, HI $100,915

Springfield, MA $100,575

Providence, RI $100,565

Chicago, IL $100,284

Bellingham, WA $100,167

Baltimore, MD $100,061

Chico, CA $99,818

Wilmington, DE $99,653

Pittsfield, MA $99,556

Manchester, NH $99,372

Spokane, WA $98,945

Denver, CO $98,935

Albany, NY $98,479

Troy, NY $98,440

Schenectady, NY $98,236

Burlington, VT $98,023

Portland, ME $97,683

Salem, OR $97,605

Yakima, WA $97,586

Ann Arbor, MI $97,557

Rochester, MN $97,285

Fresno, CA $97,237

Reno, NV $97,237

Milwaukee, WI $97,149

Detroit, MI $97,052

Allentown, PA $97,023

Carson City, NV $97,013

Houston, TX $96,868

Colorado Springs, CO $96,858

Syracuse, NY $96,810

Eugene, OR $96,625

Bismarck, ND $96,509

Gary, IN $96,509

Galveston, TX $96,509

Springfield, OR $96,431

Medford, OR $96,198

Fort Collins, CO $96,160

Austin, TX $96,082

Mesa, AZ $95,878

Phoenix, AZ $95,859

Dallas, TX $95,830

Reading, PA $95,771

Saint Cloud, MN $95,733

Concord, NH $95,645

Madison, WI $95,606

Utica, NY $95,344

Raleigh, NC $95,267

Las Vegas, NV $95,257

Rochester, NY $95,189

Des Moines, IA $95,179

Atlanta, GA $95,024

Battle Creek, MI $94,995

Salt Lake City, UT $94,966

Lancaster, PA $94,820

Champaign, IL $94,801

Harrisburg, PA $94,684

Durham, NC $94,597

Kansas City, MO $94,587

Kansas City, KS $94,568

Fort Worth, TX $94,558

Boca Raton, FL $94,519

Cleveland, OH $94,510

Columbus, OH $94,490

Pittsburgh, PA $94,481

Richmond, VA $94,442

Indianapolis, IN $94,422

Cincinnati, OH $94,296

Petersburg, VA $94,151

Billings, MT $93,937

Lansing, MI $93,937

Huntsville, AL $93,937

Lebanon, PA $93,928

Dayton, OH $93,918

Pueblo, CO $93,918

Appleton, WI $93,889

Buffalo, NY $93,850

Racine, WI $93,801

Charlotte, NC $93,792

Saint Louis, MO $93,763

Springfield, IL $93,724

Elkhart, IN $93,704

York, PA $93,704

Gastonia, NC $93,695

Benton Harbor, MI $93,695

Beaumont, TX $93,636

Lorain, OH $93,617

Toledo, OH $93,578

Binghamton, NY $93,530

Rock Hill, SC $93,520

Rockford, IL $93,471

Fargo, ND $93,423

Elyria, OH $93,423

Flagstaff, AZ $93,355

Fort Lauderdale, FL $93,297

Miami, FL $93,239

Duluth, MN $93,083

Bangor, ME $92,957

Cedar Rapids, IA $92,850

Louisville, KY $92,802

Grand Rapids, MI $92,782

Hialeah, FL $92,773

Casper, WY $92,637

Scranton, PA $92,520

New Orleans, LA $92,491

Virginia Beach, VA $92,482

Akron, OH $92,433

Peoria, IL $92,307

Sarasota, FL $92,288

Green Bay, WI $92,220

Baton Rouge, LA $92,171

Charleston, SC $92,152

Nashville, TN $92,123

Jamestown, NY $92,103

Davenport, IA $92,103

Tucson, AZ $92,055

Cheyenne, WY $92,025

Saint Petersburg, FL $91,996

Tampa, FL $91,977

Omaha, NE $91,958

Port Arthur, TX $91,919

Evansville, IN $91,919

Bradenton, FL $91,880

Santa Fe, NM $91,705

Orlando, FL $91,608

Clearwater, FL $91,501

Canton, OH $91,298

La Crosse, WI $91,298

Grand Forks, ND $91,269

Albuquerque, NM $91,239

Tulsa, OK $91,239

Newport News, VA $91,230

High Point, NC $91,201

Ogden, UT $91,162

Corpus Christi, TX $91,084

Laramie, WY $91,026

Norfolk, VA $91,026

Rock Island, IL $90,968

Saginaw, MI $90,948

Jacksonville, FL $90,939

Salisbury, NC $90,919

Memphis, TN $90,900

Moline, IL $90,851

Fort Myers, FL $90,822

Waterloo, IA $90,696

Spartanburg, SC $90,599

Lincoln, NE $90,550

Fort Wayne, IN $90,531

Birmingham, AL $90,424

Cedar Falls, IA $90,405

Provo, UT $90,395

Springfield, OH $90,385

San Antonio, TX $90,366

Greensboro, NC $90,327

South Bend, IN $90,318

Winston Salem, NC $90,308

Boise, ID $90,279

Savannah, GA $90,211

Muskegon, MI $90,036

Lima, OH $89,920

Lake Charles, LA $89,881

Anderson, IN $89,861

Lexington, KY $89,832

Augusta, GA $89,803

Greenville, SC $89,803

Wichita, KS $89,716

Tuscaloosa, AL $89,716

Columbia, SC $89,629

Bloomington, IN $89,386

Roanoke, VA $89,328

Asheville, NC $89,202

Knoxville, TN $89,037

Shreveport, LA $89,027

Wilmington, NC $88,901

Frankfort, KY $88,716

Oklahoma City, OK $88,648

Chillicothe, OH $88,610

Longview, TX $88,600

Topeka, KS $88,571

Mobile, AL $88,425

Terre Haute, IN $88,386

Erie, PA $88,377

Altoona, PA $88,328

Melbourne, FL $88,299

Amarillo, TX $88,260

Killeen, TX $88,231

Fayetteville, AR $88,153

Sioux Falls, SD $88,086

Chattanooga, TN $88,027

Idaho Falls, ID $88,018

Gainesville, FL $87,814

Portsmouth, OH $87,765

Little Rock, AR $87,746

Lynchburg, VA $87,746

Lafayette, LA $87,707

Youngstown, OH $87,707

Temple, TX $87,668

Daytona Beach, FL $87,649

Clarksville, TN $87,639

Pensacola, FL $87,629

Hopkinsville, KY $87,338

Charleston, WV $87,329

Florence, SC $87,280

Sioux City, IA $87,222

Macon, GA $86,940

Tallahassee, FL $86,931

Fayetteville, NC $86,911

Waco, TX $86,892

Wichita Falls, TX $86,892

Pine Bluff, AR $86,853

Vincennes, IN $86,669

Lubbock, TX $86,630

Great Falls, MT $86,572

Alamogordo, NM $86,562

Abilene, TX $86,484

Rapid City, SD $86,358

Monroe, LA $86,358

Albany, GA $86,300

Huntington, WV $86,290

Jackson, MS $86,281

Greenville, MS $86,271

Parkersburg, WV $86,174

Montgomery, AL $86,154

Johnstown, PA $86,135

Springfield, MO $86,057

Biloxi, MS $86,009

Sumter, SC $85,805

Columbus, GA $85,795

Twin Falls, ID $85,737

Pascagoula, MS $85,611

Kingsport, TN $85,359

Gulfport, MS $85,330

Alexandria, LA $85,009

Fort Smith, AR $84,767

El Paso, TX $84,505

Helena, MT $84,379

Las Cruces, NM $84,068

Harlingen, TX $83,796

Pocatello, ID $83,709

Florence, AL $83,680

Brownsville, TX $83,660

Dothan, AL $83,505

Mcallen, TX $83,457

Columbus, MS $82,739

Altus, OK $82,292

Lawton, OK $82,108

Pierre, SD $81,758

What Skills Can Increase an SOX Analyst's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

Collaboration (Mentioned in 2.94% Job Postings): Works cooperatively and shares ideas with coworkers and managers to achieve common goals and objectives.
Financial Reporting (Mentioned in 4.41% Job Postings): Reporting all activities and transactions to track and assess the financial health of the business.
Test Scripts (Mentioned in 1.47% Job Postings): A test script in software testing is a set of instructions that will be performed on the system under test to test that the system functions as expected. There are various means for executing test scripts. Manual testing. These are more commonly called test cases. Automated testing. Short program written in a programming language used to test part of the functionality of a software system. Test scripts written as a short program can either be written using a special automated functional GUI test tool (such as HP QuickTest Professional, Borland SilkTest, IBM TPNS and Rational Robot) or in a well-known programming language (such as C++, C#, Tcl, Expect, Java, PHP, Perl, Powershell, Python, or Ruby). As documented in IEEE, ISO and IEC. Extensively parameterized short programs a.k.a. Data-driven testing Reusable steps created in a table a.k.a. keyword-driven or table-driven testing.

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Skills	Demand Percentage
Collaboration	2.94%
Financial Reporting	4.41%
Test Scripts	1.47%

What skills can make your compensation higher?

Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on an SOX Analyst's salary.

ERP: Can increase your salary by up to 20%.
Customer Service: Can increase your salary by up to 6%.
Verbal Communication: Can increase your salary by up to 5%.

Skill	Salary	Salary % Increase
ERP	$116,451	20%
Customer Service	$102,865	6%
Verbal Communication	$101,895	5%
Planning	$101,895	5%
Auditing	$101,895	5%
Workday	$100,924	4%

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How Education impacts an SOX Analyst's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many SOX Analysts enter the field with a Bachelor's Degree degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for an SOX Analyst with a Bachelor's Degree is between $95,336 and $102,672).

SOX Analyst Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for SOX Analyst

No Diploma 33.3%

High School 33.3%

Associates 33.3%

Bachelors 0.0%

Masters 33.3%

Doctorate 0.0%

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Degree Level	% of user with this level of education
No Diploma	33.3%
High School	33.3%
Associates	33.3%
Bachelors	0.0%
Masters	33.3%
Doctorate	0.0%

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SOX Analyst Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an SOX Analyst's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

$88,626

Average $97,043/year

$104,647

$7,385

Average $8,087/month

$8,721

$1,704

Average $1,866/week

$2,012

$43

Average $47/hour

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	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$104,647	$8,721	$2,012	$50
Average	$97,043	$8,087	$1,866	$47
25th Percentile	$88,626	$7,385	$1,704	$43

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Salary Trends for SOX Analyst

Salaries for an SOX Analyst can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $100,993 in 2023 to around $95,501 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of SOX Analyst salary trends, .

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2023

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2024

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