State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: New York vs South Dakota
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In South Dakota, $86,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.6%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+2.3%
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 Dakota
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $86,260
- p25
- $71,280
- p75
- $96,100
- p10
- $63,130
- p90
- $112,400
- 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.