State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Illinois vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Illinois, $81,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.5%
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%
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.