State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In New Jersey, $98,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.9% — not 10.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.6%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+23.9%
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
New Jersey
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $98,630
- p25
- $76,770
- p75
- $124,660
- p10
- $60,160
- p90
- $161,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.