State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Financial Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $206,760. In West Virginia, $113,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.6% — not 82.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+82.7%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+54.6%
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%
West Virginia
Financial Managers
- Median
- $113,140
- p25
- $82,280
- p75
- $153,370
- p10
- $73,260
- p90
- $199,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.