State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Ohio, $90,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.6% — not 74.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+74.3%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+48.6%
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
Ohio
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $90,990
- p25
- $63,670
- p75
- $158,070
- p10
- $49,400
- p90
- $222,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.