State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Financial Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $199,110. In West Virginia, $113,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.8% — not 76%.
Nominal pay gap
+76%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+44.8%
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%
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.