State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: Kentucky vs New York
Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In Kentucky, $81,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.2%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $81,660
- p25
- $62,230
- p75
- $105,710
- p10
- $49,930
- p90
- $136,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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%
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.