State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: Arizona vs California
Financial and Investment Analysts in California earn a median of $109,110. In Arizona, $93,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.3%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-5.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $93,540
- p25
- $75,230
- p75
- $120,250
- p10
- $62,340
- p90
- $161,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
California
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $109,110
- p25
- $86,440
- p75
- $146,840
- p10
- $72,840
- p90
- $198,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.