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State comparison · 2025

Personal Financial Advisors salary: Arizona vs New York

Occupation

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
See full breakdown for Arizona

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%
See full breakdown for New York

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.