State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In District of Columbia, $104,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.5% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.8%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-34.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $104,990
- p25
- $58,790
- p75
- $189,990
- p10
- $58,790
- p90
- $370,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.