State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs Vermont
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Vermont, $110,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 44.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.1%
New Jersey vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+29.8%
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
Vermont
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $110,020
- p25
- $79,560
- p75
- $177,820
- p10
- $58,150
- p90
- $241,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.