State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Iowa vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Iowa, $79,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.1%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.2%
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
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.