State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Financial and Investment Analysts in Illinois earn a median of $101,180. In Indiana, $81,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.8%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $101,180
- p25
- $78,430
- p75
- $128,620
- p10
- $64,700
- p90
- $166,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
Indiana
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $81,760
- p25
- $64,990
- p75
- $107,160
- p10
- $55,550
- p90
- $127,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.