State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Alaska vs California
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Alaska, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 39.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.6%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-34.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $78,690
- p25
- $62,290
- p75
- $152,440
- p10
- $50,790
- p90
- $156,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.