State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: Arkansas vs New York
Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In Arkansas, $81,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.6%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $81,110
- p25
- $66,260
- p75
- $107,220
- p10
- $48,850
- p90
- $137,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +900%
New York
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $127,930
- p25
- $101,570
- p75
- $174,990
- p10
- $77,540
- p90
- $225,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.