State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: New York vs South Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In South Carolina, $76,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.7%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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%
South Carolina
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $76,400
- p25
- $52,500
- p75
- $97,470
- p10
- $44,130
- p90
- $122,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.