State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: Connecticut vs South Dakota
Financial Examiners in Connecticut earn a median of $120,530. In South Dakota, $88,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.9%
Connecticut vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.2%
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
South Dakota
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $88,690
- p25
- $62,030
- p75
- $112,550
- p10
- $54,790
- p90
- $162,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.