State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Hawaii vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Hawaii, $76,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.6% — not 52%.
Nominal pay gap
-52%
Hawaii vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-52.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $76,070
- p25
- $52,390
- p75
- $125,500
- p10
- $48,060
- p90
- $314,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.