State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Financial Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $206,760. In South Carolina, $136,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.5% — not 51.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.9%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+34.5%
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%
South Carolina
Financial Managers
- Median
- $136,160
- p25
- $102,610
- p75
- $193,090
- p10
- $78,930
- p90
- $277,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.