State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Illinois, $120,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.2%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $120,130
- p25
- $73,010
- p75
- $175,680
- p10
- $51,820
- p90
- $328,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.