State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Iowa, $92,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.9% — not 41.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.8%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-27.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $92,310
- p25
- $70,190
- p75
- $148,290
- p10
- $51,310
- p90
- $268,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.