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State comparison · 2025

Financial and Investment Analysts salary: California vs Wyoming

Occupation

Financial and Investment Analysts in Wyoming earn a median of $187,090. In California, $109,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.2% — not 41.7%.

Nominal pay gap
-41.7%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-51.2%
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%
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Wyoming

Financial and Investment Analysts

Median
$187,090
p25
$84,190
p75
$347,540
p10
$64,860
p90
$347,540
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
92.7
See full breakdown for Wyoming

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.