State comparison · 2025
Financial Specialists, All Other salary: New York vs West Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other in New York earn a median of $107,490. In West Virginia, $86,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
New York vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+3.4%
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%
West Virginia
Financial Specialists, All Other
- Median
- $86,200
- p25
- $67,200
- p75
- $103,380
- p10
- $51,630
- p90
- $119,430
- 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.