State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Kansas, $102,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.3%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $102,530
- p25
- $76,590
- p75
- $176,090
- p10
- $56,830
- p90
- $318,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.