State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Delaware, $125,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $125,050
- p25
- $74,100
- p75
- $161,680
- p10
- $44,340
- p90
- $218,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.