State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Financial Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $199,110. In South Dakota, $159,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+1.5%
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%
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.