State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Alaska vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Alaska, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.2% — not 52.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.7%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-50.2%
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 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.