Senior Financial Manager salary in New York, NY

Based on 119 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jersey City, Brooklyn, Long Island City, Fort Lee, Newark.

Also listed as: Finance Manager

Median salary$250,000
Middle 50%$247.5k–$275k
vs. all levels here+11%comparison median $225,000
Filings119FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $241,592 and $356,560.
PercentileSalary
10th$244,400
25th$247,500
50th (median)$250,000
75th$275,000
90th$300,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$190k $230k $270k FY2020: median $225,000 (83 filings) FY2021: median $219,950 (84 filings) FY2022: median $227,888 (66 filings) FY2023: median $235,000 (61 filings) FY2024: median $250,000 (81 filings) FY2025: median $250,000 (72 filings) FY2026: median $257,000 (47 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 83 filings FY20 FY2021: 84 filings FY21 FY2022: 66 filings FY22 FY2023: 61 filings FY23 FY2024: 81 filings FY24 FY2025: 72 filings FY25 FY2026: 47 filings FY26 84
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$225,000$209,400$246,50083
FY2021$219,950$208,943$236,95184
FY2022$227,888$214,677$250,00066
FY2023$235,000$215,000$251,20061
FY2024$250,000$240,000$265,00081
FY2025$250,000$247,333$273,50072
FY2026$257,000$248,750$282,50047

Cost of living

New York's median senior Financial Manager salary of $250,000 is worth about $222,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Financial Managers in the New York, NY area earned a median of $221,010 in May 2025 (89,960 employed). The H-1B median here is $250,000, 13% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Evercore Partners Services East$250,00011
Goldman Sachstoo few8
Moelis & Company Grouptoo few5
Barclaystoo few4
Nomura Securities Internationaltoo few3
PJT Partners Holdingstoo few3
American Expresstoo few2
EYtoo few2
Morgan Stanleytoo few2
PayPaltoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $160,728 148
Mid-level · Level II $207,860 194
Senior · Level III $250,000 119
Expert · Level IV $333,500 172

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$139,922$160,728148
Mid-level · Level II$190,757$207,860194
Senior · Level III$241,592$250,000119
Expert · Level IV$298,854$333,500172

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.