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State comparison · 2025

Financial Examiners salary: Connecticut vs Iowa

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Financial Examiners in Connecticut earn a median of $120,530. In Iowa, $80,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 50%.

Nominal pay gap
+50%
Connecticut vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Connecticut

Financial Examiners

Median
$120,530
p25
$90,130
p75
$139,920
p10
$61,660
p90
$210,270
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.6
See full breakdown for Connecticut

Iowa

Financial Examiners

Median
$80,370
p25
$62,820
p75
$104,580
p10
$55,650
p90
$149,160
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
See full breakdown for Iowa

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.