State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Alabama vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Alabama, $87,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-1.5%
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%
New York
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $107,490
- p25
- $76,140
- p75
- $174,950
- p10
- $55,370
- p90
- $230,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.