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Financial and Investment Analysts pay in Kentucky and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Financial and Investment Analysts is $81,660 per year in Kentucky. It is $187,090 per year in Wyoming. Kentucky is 56.4% below Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,460 wage and salary jobs in Kentucky and 190 in Wyoming. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings