Average Salary

• Credit card specialists earned an average salary of $70,690 per year in 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This salary was significantly higher than the average salary earned by those working in all other financial specialist disciplines. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, financial specialists nationwide earned an average salary of $66,920 on an annual basis.
  
  

Pay Scale

• Credit card and other financial specialists nationwide made salaries ranging from $36,000 to $104,010 per year in 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau indicates that the median salary for those working in this field was $60,980, with those in the middle 50 percent of the pay scale earning salaries between $45,330 and $81,700 on an annual basis.
  
  

States

• The state where the credit card specialist works plays a role in determining how much she is paid. For example, credit card and other financial specialists working in Connecticut, Virginia, Illinois and Colorado made the highest average salaries, exceeding $71,500 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those working in Florida made an average of $58,280, while those in New Jersey made $66,510 and those in New York brought home an average of $67,760 on an annual basis.
  
  

Cities

• Salaries for credit card specialists also vary by metropolitan area. For instance, the BLS indicates that the highest-paying metro areas in which to work as a credit card specialist included Bridgeport, Connecticut, along with Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Colorado Springs. Credit card specialists in Bridgeport averaged $104,560 per year in 2010, while those in Washington, D.C., averaged $85,490. San Francisco credit card specialists earned an average of $99,390, while those working in Colorado Springs made $80,570.