State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: New York vs Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In Virginia, $92,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.7%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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%
Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $92,930
- p25
- $67,850
- p75
- $124,590
- p10
- $52,240
- p90
- $148,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.