State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In Virginia, $102,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.9% — not 62.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.1%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+51.9%
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%
Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $73,490
- p75
- $199,990
- p10
- $51,440
- p90
- $420,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.