State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Arkansas, $79,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.3% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.9%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-37.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $79,420
- p25
- $49,750
- p75
- $155,730
- p10
- $36,710
- p90
- $207,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.