State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs South Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In South Carolina, $96,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50% — not 72.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.7%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+50%
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%
South Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,330
- p25
- $60,780
- p75
- $176,200
- p10
- $45,420
- p90
- $250,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.