Is FINRA a good company to work for?

FINRA has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,227 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 71% of employees would recommend working at FINRA to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about FINRA have been left by employees working as Intern , Senior Analyst and Investigator .

Does FINRA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, FINRA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at FINRA. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at FINRA?

71% of FINRA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated FINRA 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at FINRA?

Examiner (70) , Analyst (43) , Regulatory Analyst (36) , Principal Examiner (32) , Director (26) , Associate Principal Examiner (24) , Intern (24) , Software Developer (15) , Software Engineer (15) , Senior Analyst (13) , Senior Examiner (13) , Associate Principal Analyst (12) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) (12) , Associate Director (10) , Investigator (10)

What are the pros of working at FINRA according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and insurance available" ((in 153 reviews)); "Work Life Balance is great" ((in 127 reviews)); "All the people were great to work with and I enjoyed spending time with my teams." ((in 107 reviews)); "Good pay and got to experience all practices within the office" ((in 47 reviews)); "great culture and interpersonal dynamics (at least within my department within Market Reg)" ((in 30 reviews))

What are the cons of working at FINRA according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management: most have never work anywhere else so you will not learn anything about the actual industry" ((in 78 reviews)); "The manager's attuite is bad and also does not recognize your contribution." ((in 43 reviews)); "Salary is low" ((in 30 reviews)); "Senior management includes aloof and heartless executives." ((in 17 reviews)); "Awful upper management." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about FINRA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about FINRA layoffs and their outlook for job security at FINRA in 2026.

What are the top reviewed FINRA locations?

Rockville , New York , Washington , Chicago , Los Angeles , Boca Raton , Boston , Jersey City , Denver , Woodbridge , Dallas , San Francisco , Baltimore , Atlanta , Kansas City , Gaithersburg , Columbia , Silver Spring , Maryland Park , East Brunswick , Plainfield , Whippany , Lynchburg , Richmond , Reston , Saint Louis , Brooklyn , East Meadow , Jericho , South Ozone Park

FINRA reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(932 total reviews)

Robert W. Cook

64% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Work/Life balance

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

FINRA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 932 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FINRA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

932 reviews

5.0

Jul 30, 2020

Unifying mission, inclusive culture, industry leader

Associate director, human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent employee benefits including medical and 401K match. Exhaustive training opportunities and management support. As industry leader and without competition is very stable.

Cons

Primary departments are run as independent entities by the EVP. Senior management includes aloof and heartless executives.

FINRA Response

5y

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. This year we conducted an Employee Culture Survey. We are currently hard at work developing action plans for improving our culture overall, plus action plans for specific teams, where needed. We hope these plans address some of your concerns.

4.0

Jul 21, 2020

Great Benefits but Low Morale and Complainers

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

FINRA has great health benefits and 401k match. Hard work and results are usually recognized and rewarded with a promotion and a high performance rating. Work can be very interesting if you are assigned to the right cases and/or develop a reputation for being very good at your job. People complain about the pay, but I didn't think it was bad, especially adding in the health benefits and 6% 401k match. You could get 10% more working at a broker-delear but with much less interesting work and who knows if the company will care about compliance (looking at you, Wells Fargo).

Cons

Management is typically pretty bad because they're focused on closing cases and barely focused on developing and supporting examiners. Morale in most regional offices is not very good. This is in part due to some employees who are just complainers and low-performers yet think they should be paid more and should have gotten a promotion instead of someone else. This can lead to a toxic level of disdain for FINRA which infects other employees. Political and bureaucratic. Always scared of SEC oversight yet the oversight never actually seemed to have any consequences regardless of what happened. It probably hurts regional management performance scores, but of course this would never be disclosed to employees why it actually matters.

FINRA Response

5y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you saw hard work recognized and rewarded. We are sorry to hear, however, that you had a negative experience with management. As you noted, there have been a number of changes since you left in 2017 as part of our Exam and Risk Monitoring Program transformation. This transformation, which has made transparency a priority, has streamlined our programs, allowing us to better leverage the skills and talents of our teams—and develop greater career opportunities—in our offices across the country.

5.0

Jul 17, 2020

Great organziation

Investigator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People friendly, relaxed workspace, good hours

Cons

Low starting pay, but no other complaints

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