State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Minnesota, $102,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.3%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-28.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $102,660
- p25
- $68,470
- p75
- $166,680
- p10
- $47,520
- p90
- $310,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.