State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Maine vs North Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In North Carolina, $80,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.9% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.8%
Maine vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+30.9%
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
North Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $80,900
- p25
- $62,550
- p75
- $102,780
- p10
- $51,690
- p90
- $132,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.