State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Arizona vs California
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Arizona, $96,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,950
- p25
- $59,610
- p75
- $148,090
- p10
- $45,330
- p90
- $212,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.