State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: New York vs South Carolina
Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In South Carolina, $93,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.6%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
South Carolina
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $93,670
- p25
- $73,570
- p75
- $124,070
- p10
- $58,420
- p90
- $157,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -91%
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.