State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Pennsylvania, $105,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 50.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.7%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+35.2%
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
Pennsylvania
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $105,200
- p25
- $75,930
- p75
- $173,590
- p10
- $59,960
- p90
- $392,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.