State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Maine vs Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In Virginia, $92,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.4%
Maine vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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
Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $92,930
- p25
- $67,850
- p75
- $124,590
- p10
- $52,240
- p90
- $148,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.