State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Pennsylvania, $78,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 36.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.7%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $78,610
- p25
- $59,500
- p75
- $105,030
- p10
- $46,680
- p90
- $134,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.