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Title: Financial Model Reviewer rate in the US | Deftridge
Summary: Financial Model Reviewer pay in the United States: median wage $56 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $90. Free for professionals.

United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Financial Model Reviewer hourly rate in United States

The market median wage for a Financial Model Reviewer in the United States is **$55.80 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$90 an hour** on Deftridge.

**$90/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$55.80/hr** median wage

**$43-72** middle half of wages

**$1,950** a month at 5 hours a week

## Financial Model Reviewer wage percentiles in United States

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $34.61 | $750 | $72,000 |
| 25th | $43.06 | $930 | $89,600 |
| Median | $55.80 | $1,210 | $116,100 |
| 75th | $72.42 | $1,570 | $150,600 |
| 90th | $98.22 | $2,130 | $204,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 340,580 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United States in numbers

What sets the United States apart for a Financial Model Reviewer, from the same sources as the table above.

- **$120.95** highest median wage, Wyoming

- **$34.42** lowest median wage, Louisiana

- **340,580** people employed in the role

- **$120.95** median wage in the Casper metro area, the highest in the country

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

- Self-employment tax is 15.3%: 12.4% Social Security plus 2.9% Medicare; the employer-equivalent half is deductible in working out adjusted gross income. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

- For 2026 the first $184,500 of combined wages, tips and net self-employment earnings is subject to the Social Security part. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Financial Model Reviewer in the United States by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $90 | $1,950 |
| Manager | $110 | $2,380 |
| Director | $135 | $2,930 |

- One-off task **$90**

- Task bundle **$85**

- Expert hour **$105**

## Financial Model Reviewer pay by region in United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Financial Model Reviewer, highest first; 9 of 51 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wyoming | $120.95 | $200 |
| New York | $72.06 | $120 |
| California | $70.84 | $115 |
| District of Columbia | $60.40 | $100 |
| Massachusetts | $57.79 | $95 |
| North Carolina | $57.32 | $95 |
| South Dakota | $57.30 | $95 |
| Oregon | $57.04 | $95 |
| Virginia | $56.45 | $95 |

## Highest-paying metro areas

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Casper $120.95/hr median wage · range $72-157](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/wyoming/)

- [Cheyenne $89.54/hr median wage · range $53-128](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/wyoming/)

- [San Jose $85.75/hr median wage · range $69-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/california/)

- [Prescott Valley $82.84/hr median wage · range $50-101](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/arizona/)

- [San Francisco $81.93/hr median wage · range $65-107](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/california/)

- [Bridgeport $76.39/hr median wage · range $53-114](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/connecticut/)

- [New York City $73.14/hr median wage · range $58-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/new-york/)

- [Watertown $72.06/hr median wage · range $57-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/new-york/)

- [El Centro $70.84/hr median wage · range $55-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/california/)

- [Hanford $70.84/hr median wage · range $55-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/california/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Financial Model Reviewer rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/financial-model-reviewer/) · [Financial Model Reviewer jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/financial-model-reviewer/united-states/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
