State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Idaho vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Idaho, $94,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
Idaho vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-32.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $94,370
- p25
- $63,080
- p75
- $192,810
- p10
- $44,500
- p90
- $252,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.