State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Colorado, $87,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.1%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-25.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $87,430
- p25
- $69,260
- p75
- $115,270
- p10
- $60,300
- p90
- $140,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
District of Columbia
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $125,110
- p25
- $100,720
- p75
- $153,550
- p10
- $69,910
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.