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State comparison · 2025

Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Connecticut

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Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Connecticut, $129,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 0.5%.

Nominal pay gap
+0.5%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
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%
See full breakdown for California

Connecticut

Personal Financial Advisors

Median
$129,720
p25
$81,990
p75
$165,850
p10
$59,890
p90
$388,240
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.6
See full breakdown for Connecticut

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.