State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: California vs Colorado
Financial and Investment Analysts in California earn a median of $109,110. In Colorado, $103,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.1%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-2.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $103,850
- p25
- $82,060
- p75
- $131,010
- p10
- $71,590
- p90
- $171,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.