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State comparison · 2025

Financial and Investment Analysts salary: New York vs Virginia

Occupation

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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Virginia

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.