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Financial Managers Salary in NJ

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Financial Managers in NJ have a median annual salary of $199,110, with 32,510 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $130,630 at the 10th percentile to $337,130 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$199,110

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$95.73

Employment

32,510

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$130,630
10th
$162,800
25th
$199,110
Median
$279,330
75th
$337,130
90th

Local compared with national

NJ

$199,110

Median annual · 2025

United States

$166,570

Median annual · 2025

The NJ median is 19.5% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $32,540).

Top skills

  1. 1.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  3. 3.SpeakingImportance 4.0
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  5. 5.WritingImportance 3.8
  6. 6.MonitoringImportance 3.8
  7. 7.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.6
  8. 8.CoordinationImportance 3.6
  9. 9.Service OrientationImportance 3.6
  10. 10.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.6
  11. 11.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.6
  12. 12.Time ManagementImportance 3.6

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
4

Technology used

  • Accounts receivable software
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Alteryx software
  • ARES Corporation PRISM Project Estimator
  • Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
  • Credit management software
  • Database software
  • Delphi Technology
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Fund accounting software
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • Human resource information system (HRIS)
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • IBM Cognos Impromptu

Common tasks

  • Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
  • Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
  • Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of workers in branches, offices, or departments of establishments, such as branch banks, brokerage firms, risk and insurance departments, or credit departments.
  • Recruit staff members.
  • Evaluate data pertaining to costs to plan budgets.
  • Oversee training programs.
  • Establish procedures for custody or control of assets, records, loan collateral, or securities to ensure safekeeping.
  • Communicate with stockholders or other investors to provide information or to raise capital.
  • Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.
  • Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Financial Managers salary in other locations

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