State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Maine vs South Dakota
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In South Dakota, $86,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
Maine vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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 Dakota
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $86,260
- p25
- $71,280
- p75
- $96,100
- p10
- $63,130
- p90
- $112,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.