State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Maryland, $99,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
-37%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-34.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $99,880
- p25
- $63,090
- p75
- $174,930
- p10
- $47,810
- p90
- $378,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.