State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Massachusetts, $125,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23%
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 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.