State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Indiana
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Indiana, $87,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 48.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.6%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+25.2%
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%
Indiana
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $87,710
- p25
- $50,200
- p75
- $164,000
- p10
- $44,150
- p90
- $319,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.