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State comparison · 2025

Personal Financial Advisors salary: Michigan vs New York

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Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Michigan, $77,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.5% — not 53.2%.

Nominal pay gap
-53.2%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-47.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Michigan

Personal Financial Advisors

Median
$77,930
p25
$49,570
p75
$138,640
p10
$44,780
p90
$288,860
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
96.2
See full breakdown for Michigan

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%
See full breakdown for New York

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.