State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Massachusetts, $125,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-18.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $125,670
- p25
- $83,810
- p75
- $174,720
- p10
- $58,510
- p90
- $478,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.