State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Maine vs South Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In South Carolina, $76,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.8% — not 42.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.7%
Maine vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+37.8%
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
South Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $76,400
- p25
- $52,500
- p75
- $97,470
- p10
- $44,130
- p90
- $122,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.