State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Alaska, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.3% — not 50.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.4%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-47.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $78,690
- p25
- $62,290
- p75
- $152,440
- p10
- $50,790
- p90
- $156,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.