State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: New York vs West Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In West Virginia, $80,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 72.5% — not 108%.
Nominal pay gap
+108%
New York vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+72.5%
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%
West Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $80,010
- p25
- $53,500
- p75
- $131,910
- p10
- $45,020
- p90
- $219,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.