State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Alabama vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Alabama, $77,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43% — not 53.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.1%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-43%
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 York
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $166,400
- p25
- $102,080
- p75
- $282,050
- p10
- $76,190
- p90
- $427,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.