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Financial Managers salary in Huntington, WV

Median pay for financial managers in Huntington, WV: $98,540/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $58,730 – $171,970 · about 410 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($131,810) by −$33,270 (-25%).

What it's really worth in Huntington

With Huntington's cost of living at 88 (US=100), that $98,540 has the buying power of about $111,841 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $55,964 · median home $166,506 · median rent $1,094/mo.

Full Huntington cost of living & taxes →

How Huntington ranks for this job

On raw pay, Huntington, WV is 181st of the 187 metros we hold financial managers wages for. Once Huntington's cost of living is applied, it ranks 181st.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Huntington sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Huntington

A median home in Huntington, WV costs $166,506 — about 1.7× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,094/mo works out at 13% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where financial managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Huntington.

MetroMedian payvs HuntingtonRent vs Huntington
New York, NY $215,630 +119% 3.2×
San Jose, CA $211,850 +115% 3.3×
San Francisco, CA $203,620 +107%
Boulder, CO $176,880 +80% 2.1×

Same job elsewhere in WV

MetroMedian payvs HuntingtonRent vs Huntington
Charleston, WV $98,530 +0% 1.2×

Staying in WV keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Other jobs in Huntington

Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.