State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Kansas
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Kansas, $102,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
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%
Kansas
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $102,530
- p25
- $76,590
- p75
- $176,090
- p10
- $56,830
- p90
- $318,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- 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.