State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In New Jersey, $98,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.8%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+25.6%
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%
New Jersey
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $98,630
- p25
- $76,770
- p75
- $124,660
- p10
- $60,160
- p90
- $161,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.