State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Financial Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $199,110. In North Carolina, $166,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.4%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.