State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: New York vs South Dakota
Financial Examiners in New York earn a median of $128,920. In South Dakota, $88,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 45.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.4%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
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 Dakota
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $88,690
- p25
- $62,030
- p75
- $112,550
- p10
- $54,790
- p90
- $162,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.