State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Texas, $99,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.7% — not 59.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.9%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+42.7%
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
Texas
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $99,160
- p25
- $64,710
- p75
- $163,340
- p10
- $46,450
- p90
- $359,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.