State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: New York vs Virginia
Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In Virginia, $105,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
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%
Virginia
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $105,490
- p25
- $80,990
- p75
- $137,490
- p10
- $67,540
- p90
- $176,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.