State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Maryland vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Maryland, $99,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.3% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-38.3%
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 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.