State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Delaware
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Delaware, $125,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 4.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.2%
California vs Delaware
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%
Delaware
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $125,050
- p25
- $74,100
- p75
- $161,680
- p10
- $44,340
- p90
- $218,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.