State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: Montana vs New York
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Montana, $76,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
-29%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-19%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $76,350
- p25
- $63,930
- p75
- $88,610
- p10
- $49,030
- p90
- $106,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.