State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: Arkansas vs California
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Arkansas, $79,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $79,420
- p25
- $49,750
- p75
- $155,730
- p10
- $36,710
- p90
- $207,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.