State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Pennsylvania, $105,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.1% — not 58.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.2%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+43.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $105,200
- p25
- $75,930
- p75
- $173,590
- p10
- $59,960
- p90
- $392,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.