State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: New York vs Tennessee
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Tennessee, $69,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.2%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+32.2%
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%
Tennessee
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $69,240
- p25
- $48,670
- p75
- $91,560
- p10
- $43,100
- p90
- $127,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.