Side-by-side distribution
Auditor
$131,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 25.7%
- Live roles
- 265
Trader
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 23.1%
- Live roles
- 303
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
Campus Full Time 2027 - Quantitative Trader
Summer Intern 2027 - Quantitative Trader
US Equity Index Options Trader
Securitized Products Sales - Trader
Campus Quantitative Trader (Intern)
Senior Quantitative Trader - Delta One
Quantitative Trader - Futures
Equity Index Voice Trader
Options Trader - Asia Hours
Systematic Index Options Trader
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 |
|---|---|---|
Optiver
|
$200,000 | 7 |
|
IMC
|
$250,000 | 5 |
| DR DRW | $200,000 | 4 |
Gelber Group
|
$96,000 | 4 |
Wintermute Trading
|
$225,000 | 3 |
Valkyrietrading
|
$155,000 | 3 |
DV Trading
|
$140,000 | 3 |
|
Five Rings LLC - Careers
|
$300,000 | 2 |
Auditor salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $185,500 | 6 |
| Chicago | $118,750 | 6 |
Auditor vs Trader: which pays more?
The median for Auditor is $131,500 per year (typically $90,965–$170,625), versus $175,000 for Trader ($132,500–$200,000). That puts Trader about 33% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Auditor and Trader 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.