State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Mississippi
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Mississippi, $63,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 61.8% — not 105.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+105.9%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+61.8%
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%
Mississippi
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $63,300
- p25
- $53,070
- p75
- $133,920
- p10
- $43,880
- p90
- $312,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.