State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In South Dakota, $128,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.2%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.3%
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 Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $128,720
- p25
- $101,200
- p75
- $204,320
- p10
- $77,280
- p90
- $337,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.