State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Kentucky, $67,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.9% — not 57.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-57.7%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-48.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $67,150
- p25
- $45,220
- p75
- $114,350
- p10
- $43,880
- p90
- $281,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.