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State comparison · 2025

Financial and Investment Analysts salary: Iowa vs New York

Occupation

Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In Iowa, $92,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 27.8%.

Nominal pay gap
-27.8%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Iowa

Financial and Investment Analysts

Median
$92,370
p25
$76,500
p75
$115,220
p10
$62,310
p90
$135,890
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
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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.