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State comparison · 2025

Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs Tennessee

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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%
See full breakdown for New York

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
See full breakdown for Tennessee

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.