State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Alabama vs Maine
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In Alabama, $87,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Alabama vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
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%
Maine
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $109,060
- p25
- $77,440
- p75
- $109,060
- p10
- $62,720
- p90
- $120,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.