State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs Tennessee
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Tennessee, $84,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 68.4% — not 97.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+97.7%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+68.4%
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%
Tennessee
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $84,160
- p25
- $58,880
- p75
- $167,410
- p10
- $44,170
- p90
- $406,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.