State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Alabama, $77,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.7% — not 50.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.8%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-39.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $77,990
- p25
- $47,250
- p75
- $136,050
- p10
- $42,150
- p90
- $342,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $158,570
- p25
- $102,930
- p75
- $269,310
- p10
- $78,860
- p90
- $374,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.