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Average Financial Managers Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Financial Managers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earn a median annual salary of $209,780, which is +25.9% compared to the national median. There are 21,650 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (metro area).

$209,780
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median annual wage
$101/hour median
+25.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $166,570
21,650
Local employment
8.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.48
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$126,450
25th
$164,560
Median
$209,780
75th
$292,030
90th
$335,150

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
108.3%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$193,764
Goods: 99.7%
Services: 148.8%
Rents: 148.4%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $225,280 Compare 7,970
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $221,010 Compare 89,960
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $216,150 Compare 17,040
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $211,000 Compare 7,210
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $193,400 Compare 7,490
Boulder, CO $192,970 Compare 700

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Radiologists $409,740 N/A
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons $394,690 N/A
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $392,300 N/A
Surgeons, All Other $386,300 1.19
Emergency Medicine Physicians $356,230 1.09
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $325,200 2.15
Natural Sciences Managers $291,000 5.06
Physicians, Pathologists $285,240 1.23

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has salary data for 703 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Financial Managers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Financial Managers are projected to change by +14.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 74,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.