State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Personal Financial Advisors in New Jersey earn a median of $158,570. In Wisconsin, $119,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.8%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+14.8%
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
Wisconsin
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $119,430
- p25
- $77,730
- p75
- $205,600
- p10
- $51,760
- p90
- $401,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.