State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Colorado, $89,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.6% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.7%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-40.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $89,280
- p25
- $63,880
- p75
- $132,450
- p10
- $57,020
- p90
- $269,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.