Personal Financial Advisor Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of personal financial advisors in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of personal financial advisors in Rochester is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Personal Financial Advisors in Rochester, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$50,850
25th Percentile Wage
$65,510
50th Percentile Wage
$99,000
75th Percentile Wage
$162,310
90th Percentile Wage
$145,770

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for personal financial advisors in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $145,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,850.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of personal financial advisors from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$99,000
17.82% 40.62%
2021
$81,360
-14.55% -
2020
$93,200
1.64% -
2019
$91,670
2.05% -
2018
$89,790
-24.28% -
2017
$111,590
-22.40% -
2016
$136,590
14.31% -
2015
$117,050
30.37% -
2014
$81,500
10.56% -
2013
$72,890
19.34% -
2012
$58,790
- -

Table 2. Compare Personal Financial Advisor Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,000 in Rochester is in the middle of salary range for personal financial advisors in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of personal financial advisors in Rochester is 41.0 percent (41.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 25.4 percent (25.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Syracuse.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$167,850
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$117,210
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$115,520
Utica-Rome
$109,340
Glens Falls
$103,550
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$100,000
Rochester
$99,000
Ithaca
$98,650
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$96,230
Watertown-Fort Drum
$92,410
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$91,670
Nassau-Suffolk
$87,030
Elmira
$85,080
Binghamton
$83,560
Kingston
$82,080
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$80,290
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$78,170
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$75,480
Syracuse
$73,880

See also: Top paying jobs in Rochester, New York.