State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Financial Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $206,760. In North Carolina, $166,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
+24%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Financial Managers
- Median
- $166,780
- p25
- $129,780
- p75
- $223,540
- p10
- $100,950
- p90
- $322,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.