State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Indiana, $87,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.5% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.7%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-35.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $87,710
- p25
- $50,200
- p75
- $164,000
- p10
- $44,150
- p90
- $319,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.