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Personal Financial Advisors pay in Mississippi and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Personal Financial Advisors is $63,300 per year in Mississippi. It is $166,400 per year in New York. Mississippi is 62.0% below New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2052 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 790 wage and salary jobs in Mississippi and 21,550 in New York. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings