State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Hawaii
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Hawaii, $76,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 70.2% — not 71.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.3%
California vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+70.2%
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%
Hawaii
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $76,070
- p25
- $52,390
- p75
- $125,500
- p10
- $48,060
- p90
- $314,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.