State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Massachusetts
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Massachusetts, $125,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 3.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.7%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
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%
Massachusetts
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $125,670
- p25
- $83,810
- p75
- $174,720
- p10
- $58,510
- p90
- $478,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.