State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Maine vs Mississippi
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In Mississippi, $73,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 47.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.5%
Maine vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+32.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Mississippi
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $73,920
- p25
- $53,490
- p75
- $94,520
- p10
- $40,770
- p90
- $115,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.