State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs North Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In North Carolina, $80,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.7% — not 54.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.6%
District of Columbia vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+32.7%
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%
North Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $80,900
- p25
- $62,550
- p75
- $102,780
- p10
- $51,690
- p90
- $132,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.