State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Rhode Island, $78,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.4% — not 58.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.4%
District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+47.4%
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%
Rhode Island
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $78,990
- p25
- $60,360
- p75
- $98,690
- p10
- $50,710
- p90
- $133,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.