State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Kentucky
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Kentucky, $67,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.1% — not 94.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+94.1%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+58.1%
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%
Kentucky
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $67,150
- p25
- $45,220
- p75
- $114,350
- p10
- $43,880
- p90
- $281,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.