State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Financial Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $199,110. In Iowa, $133,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
-33%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17%
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%
New Jersey
Financial Managers
- Median
- $199,110
- p25
- $162,800
- p75
- $279,330
- p10
- $130,630
- p90
- $337,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.