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State comparison · 2025

Financial and Investment Analysts salary: New York vs Tennessee

Occupation

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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Tennessee

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.