State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Louisiana vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Louisiana, $59,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 44.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.3%
Louisiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-31.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $59,860
- p25
- $47,300
- p75
- $78,700
- p10
- $36,910
- p90
- $97,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.