State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Massachusetts, $99,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+20.5%
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%
Massachusetts
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $99,970
- p25
- $79,020
- p75
- $126,730
- p10
- $61,710
- p90
- $155,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.