State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs North Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In North Dakota, $76,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.6% — not 116.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+116.5%
New York vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+78.6%
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 Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $76,870
- p25
- $63,660
- p75
- $102,890
- p10
- $59,470
- p90
- $135,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.