State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Financial Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $206,760. In South Dakota, $159,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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 Dakota
Financial Managers
- Median
- $159,700
- p25
- $134,980
- p75
- $192,530
- p10
- $113,930
- p90
- $232,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.