State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: New York vs South Carolina
Financial Examiners in New York earn a median of $128,920. In South Carolina, $86,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.5% — not 49.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.1%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+29.5%
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%
South Carolina
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $86,440
- p25
- $65,540
- p75
- $137,700
- p10
- $52,530
- p90
- $164,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.