State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs North Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In North Carolina, $96,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.1% — not 71.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.8%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+50.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $166,400
- p25
- $102,080
- p75
- $282,050
- p10
- $76,190
- p90
- $427,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
North Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,880
- p25
- $63,190
- p75
- $153,970
- p10
- $48,790
- p90
- $287,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.