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Financial Managers pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Tallahassee, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Financial Managers is $225,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $98,510 per year in Tallahassee, FL. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 128.7% above Tallahassee, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 7,970 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 1,370 in Tallahassee, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings