State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Alabama vs California
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Alabama, $77,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-25.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $77,990
- p25
- $47,250
- p75
- $136,050
- p10
- $42,150
- p90
- $342,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $130,330
- p25
- $83,860
- p75
- $195,420
- p10
- $67,690
- p90
- $393,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.