State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Missouri, $99,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
-37%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-24.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $99,930
- p25
- $64,750
- p75
- $167,500
- p10
- $51,470
- p90
- $313,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.