State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Florida
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Florida, $100,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.1%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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%
Florida
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $100,970
- p25
- $65,120
- p75
- $206,290
- p10
- $48,950
- p90
- $395,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.