State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Illinois
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Illinois, $120,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 8.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.5%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-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%
Illinois
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $120,130
- p25
- $73,010
- p75
- $175,680
- p10
- $51,820
- p90
- $328,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.