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State comparison · 2025

Financial Managers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts

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Financial Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $206,760. In Iowa, $133,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 35.5%.

Nominal pay gap
-35.5%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Iowa

Financial Managers

Median
$133,320
p25
$102,130
p75
$173,660
p10
$80,020
p90
$225,920
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-50%
See full breakdown for Iowa

Massachusetts

Financial Managers

Median
$206,760
p25
$161,870
p75
$287,520
p10
$120,850
p90
$332,490
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-42%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.