State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Illinois vs Maine
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In Illinois, $81,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Illinois vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $81,180
- p25
- $62,650
- p75
- $104,460
- p10
- $50,240
- p90
- $147,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
Maine
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $109,060
- p25
- $77,440
- p75
- $109,060
- p10
- $62,720
- p90
- $120,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.