State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: California vs Maine
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In California, $80,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-35%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $80,810
- p25
- $64,260
- p75
- $118,160
- p10
- $49,160
- p90
- $163,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
Maine
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $109,060
- p25
- $77,440
- p75
- $109,060
- p10
- $62,720
- p90
- $120,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.