State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Hawaii vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Hawaii, $77,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.2%
Hawaii vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $77,190
- p25
- $62,720
- p75
- $103,700
- p10
- $50,030
- p90
- $127,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
New York
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $107,490
- p25
- $76,140
- p75
- $174,950
- p10
- $55,370
- p90
- $230,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.