State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: New York vs North Carolina
Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In North Carolina, $102,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.9%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $127,930
- p25
- $101,570
- p75
- $174,990
- p10
- $77,540
- p90
- $225,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
North Carolina
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $102,390
- p25
- $76,510
- p75
- $131,440
- p10
- $61,670
- p90
- $167,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.