State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Maryland
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Maryland, $99,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+23.8%
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%
Maryland
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $99,880
- p25
- $63,090
- p75
- $174,930
- p10
- $47,810
- p90
- $378,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.