State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs Texas
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Texas, $99,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51% — not 67.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.8%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+51%
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%
Texas
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $99,160
- p25
- $64,710
- p75
- $163,340
- p10
- $46,450
- p90
- $359,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.