State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Missouri
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Missouri, $99,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.4%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+7%
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%
Missouri
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $99,930
- p25
- $64,750
- p75
- $167,500
- p10
- $51,470
- p90
- $313,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- 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.