State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: Illinois vs New York
Financial Examiners in New York earn a median of $128,920. In Illinois, $93,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.7%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $93,150
- p25
- $77,930
- p75
- $127,090
- p10
- $59,800
- p90
- $167,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
New York
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $128,920
- p25
- $91,940
- p75
- $174,130
- p10
- $70,710
- p90
- $216,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.