State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In South Carolina, $96,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.8% — not 64.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.6%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+41.8%
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
South Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,330
- p25
- $60,780
- p75
- $176,200
- p10
- $45,420
- p90
- $250,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.