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Personal Financial Advisors pay in New York and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Personal Financial Advisors is $166,400 per year in New York. It is $102,640 per year in Virginia. New York is 62.1% above Virginia 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 21,550 wage and salary jobs in New York and 6,340 in Virginia. 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