State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: New York vs Tennessee
Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In Tennessee, $92,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.6%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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%
Tennessee
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $92,990
- p25
- $71,910
- p75
- $104,700
- p10
- $50,130
- p90
- $140,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.