State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Arkansas, $60,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.7% — not 51.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.6%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-38.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $60,600
- p25
- $42,380
- p75
- $77,850
- p10
- $37,000
- p90
- $103,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.