Side-by-side distribution
Auditor
$131,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 25.7%
- Live roles
- 265
Risk Analyst
$135,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.3%
- Live roles
- 542
Highest-paying jobs
Sr. Internal Audit Manager
Lead/Principal Product Manager, Audit Agents
GRC Program Manager, Audit & Controls
Senior Auditor - Finance and Operations
Engineering Manager I, Commercial Audit
Senior Manager, Security Audit
IT Internal Audit Manager
AWS Serverless & IaC AI Task Auditor - Freelance AI Trainer Project
AWS Trainium/NKI (TRN) AI Task Auditor - Freelance AI Trainer Project
CVE & Application Security AI Task Auditor - Freelance AI Trainer Project
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Data Analyst, Credit Risk
Agentic Risk Analyst
Engineering Manager, GRC Platform
Senior Operations Analyst, User Safety & Risk Operations
Underwriting/Credit Model Risk Senior Manager - Machine Learning
GRC Program Manager, US Government Compliance
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Fraud & Risk
Product Policy Manager, Product Risk
Senior Risk Manager
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager - FedRAMP
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Invisible Agency
|
$176,800 | 8 |
|
Coinbase
|
$150,863 | 5 |
|
SpaceX
|
$208,750 | 2 |
| TA Tanium | $127,750 | 2 |
| WE Wilson Elser - Business & Legal Professionals | $112,500 | 2 |
micro1
|
$106,600 | 2 |
Centria Autism
|
$102,500 | 2 |
Resource Innovations
|
$73,750 | 2 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Strive Health
|
$111,500 | 10 |
|
Coinbase
|
$120,399 | 8 |
|
OpenAI
|
$234,000 | 7 |
Monzo
|
$87,089 | 7 |
|
Polymarket
|
$181,250 | 4 |
Ivalua
|
$208,000 | 3 |
Luster National
|
$155,000 | 3 |
Airwallex
|
$145,000 | 3 |
Auditor salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $185,500 | 6 |
| Chicago | $118,750 | 6 |
Auditor vs Risk Analyst: which pays more?
The median for Auditor is $131,500 per year (typically $90,965–$170,625), versus $135,000 for Risk Analyst ($105,000–$179,076). That puts Risk Analyst about 3% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Auditor and Risk Analyst are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.