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State comparison · 2025

Financial and Investment Analysts salary: Illinois vs New York

Occupation

Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In Illinois, $101,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 20.9%.

Nominal pay gap
-20.9%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
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%
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New York

Financial and Investment Analysts

Median
$127,930
p25
$101,570
p75
$174,990
p10
$77,540
p90
$225,380
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
107.9
Hiring velocity (180d)
-41%
See full breakdown for New York

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.