State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Arizona vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Arizona, $96,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.7%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-37.6%
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 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.