State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs Tennessee
Financial Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia earn a median of $125,110. In Tennessee, $69,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.1% — not 80.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+80.7%
District of Columbia vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+51.1%
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%
Tennessee
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $69,240
- p25
- $48,670
- p75
- $91,560
- p10
- $43,100
- p90
- $127,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.