State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: California vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In California, $80,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.7% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.8%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.7%
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%
New York
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $107,490
- p25
- $76,140
- p75
- $174,950
- p10
- $55,370
- p90
- $230,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.