State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: Illinois vs Texas
Financial and Investment Analysts in Illinois earn a median of $101,180. In Texas, $99,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 2%.
Nominal pay gap
+2%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
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%
Texas
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $99,150
- p25
- $77,350
- p75
- $126,200
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $169,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.