State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In North Carolina, $96,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.9% — not 63.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.7%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+41.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,880
- p25
- $63,190
- p75
- $153,970
- p10
- $48,790
- p90
- $287,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.