State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Financial Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $199,110. In South Carolina, $136,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.2%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
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%
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.