State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: New York vs North Carolina
Financial Examiners in New York earn a median of $128,920. In North Carolina, $100,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $128,920
- p25
- $91,940
- p75
- $174,130
- p10
- $70,710
- p90
- $216,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
North Carolina
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $100,730
- p25
- $76,910
- p75
- $126,430
- p10
- $64,760
- p90
- $166,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.