State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: California vs Texas
Financial and Investment Analysts in California earn a median of $109,110. In Texas, $99,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
+10%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-3.5%
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%
Texas
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $99,150
- p25
- $77,350
- p75
- $126,200
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $169,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.