State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Georgia
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Georgia, $101,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
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%
Georgia
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $101,450
- p25
- $65,270
- p75
- $194,990
- p10
- $46,180
- p90
- $367,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.