State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Kentucky, $65,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.3% — not 90.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+90.5%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+56.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kentucky
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $65,690
- p25
- $53,690
- p75
- $88,610
- p10
- $47,590
- p90
- $115,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.