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State comparison · 2025

Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Delaware

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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%
See full breakdown for California

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
See full breakdown for Delaware

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.