State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Colorado
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Colorado, $89,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 46%.
Nominal pay gap
+46%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+36%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $89,280
- p25
- $63,880
- p75
- $132,450
- p10
- $57,020
- p90
- $269,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.