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State comparison · 2025

Personal Financial Advisors salary: Arkansas vs New York

Occupation

Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Arkansas, $79,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.7% — not 52.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-52.3%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-40.7%
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
See full breakdown for Arkansas

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.