State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: California vs Texas
Financial Managers in California earn a median of $180,770. In Texas, $164,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 9.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.7%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Financial Managers
- Median
- $180,770
- p25
- $136,030
- p75
- $269,990
- p10
- $101,820
- p90
- $341,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +34%
Texas
Financial Managers
- Median
- $164,860
- p25
- $127,480
- p75
- $214,070
- p10
- $98,250
- p90
- $309,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +184%
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.