State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Rhode Island, $80,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 96.7% — not 107.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+107.5%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+96.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $80,200
- p25
- $62,690
- p75
- $133,440
- p10
- $46,670
- p90
- $164,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.