State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: New York vs Texas
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Texas, $71,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35% — not 50%.
Nominal pay gap
+50%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+35%
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%
Texas
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $71,650
- p25
- $57,600
- p75
- $92,680
- p10
- $42,380
- p90
- $118,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.