State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Mississippi vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Mississippi, $73,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.2%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $73,920
- p25
- $53,490
- p75
- $94,520
- p10
- $40,770
- p90
- $115,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.