State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Montana vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Montana, $97,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.4%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-33.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $97,450
- p25
- $76,230
- p75
- $131,270
- p10
- $55,010
- p90
- $241,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.