State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Pennsylvania, $78,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.3% — not 59.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.2%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+41.3%
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%
Pennsylvania
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $78,610
- p25
- $59,500
- p75
- $105,030
- p10
- $46,680
- p90
- $134,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.