State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Alabama, $87,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.4%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $87,110
- p25
- $63,770
- p75
- $112,260
- p10
- $37,160
- p90
- $142,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
District of Columbia
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $125,110
- p25
- $100,720
- p75
- $153,550
- p10
- $69,910
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.