State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Arizona, $96,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.9% — not 38.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.9%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-33.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,950
- p25
- $59,610
- p75
- $148,090
- p10
- $45,330
- p90
- $212,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.