State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Maine vs West Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other in Maine earn a median of $109,060. In West Virginia, $86,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Maine vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+16.6%
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
West Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $86,200
- p25
- $67,200
- p75
- $103,380
- p10
- $51,630
- p90
- $119,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.