State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: California vs District of Columbia
Financial Examiners in District of Columbia earn a median of $198,720. In California, $106,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47% — not 46.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.7%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-47%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $106,000
- p25
- $80,120
- p75
- $135,110
- p10
- $66,680
- p90
- $175,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
District of Columbia
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $198,720
- p25
- $134,470
- p75
- $239,240
- p10
- $84,050
- p90
- $256,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.