State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: Connecticut vs Iowa
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
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
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.