State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Idaho
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Idaho, $94,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.1%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+19.1%
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%
Idaho
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $94,370
- p25
- $63,080
- p75
- $192,810
- p10
- $44,500
- p90
- $252,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.