State comparison · 2025
Financial and Investment Analysts salary: New York vs West Virginia
Financial and Investment Analysts in New York earn a median of $127,930. In West Virginia, $69,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.7% — not 85.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+85.3%
New York vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+53.7%
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%
West Virginia
Financial and Investment Analysts
- Median
- $69,030
- p25
- $61,190
- p75
- $84,090
- p10
- $47,340
- p90
- $119,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.