State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: New York vs South Dakota
Financial Managers in New York earn a median of $219,880. In South Dakota, $159,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.7%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+13.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Financial Managers
- Median
- $219,880
- p25
- $166,410
- p75
- $328,210
- p10
- $124,670
- p90
- $370,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.