State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Iowa vs Maine
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In Iowa, $79,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.2%
Iowa vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-19.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $79,390
- p25
- $62,050
- p75
- $100,030
- p10
- $49,600
- p90
- $123,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.