State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Connecticut, $129,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $129,720
- p25
- $81,990
- p75
- $165,850
- p10
- $59,890
- p90
- $388,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.