State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Rhode Island, $80,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 85.9% — not 97.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+97.7%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+85.9%
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
Rhode Island
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $80,200
- p25
- $62,690
- p75
- $133,440
- p10
- $46,670
- p90
- $164,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.