State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Iowa vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Iowa, $92,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 44.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.5%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-31.8%
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 York
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $166,400
- p25
- $102,080
- p75
- $282,050
- p10
- $76,190
- p90
- $427,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.