State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Massachusetts, $99,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $99,970
- p25
- $79,020
- p75
- $126,730
- p10
- $61,710
- p90
- $155,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
New York
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $107,490
- p25
- $76,140
- p75
- $174,950
- p10
- $55,370
- p90
- $230,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.