State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Montana
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Montana, $97,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.7%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+14.3%
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%
Montana
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $97,450
- p25
- $76,230
- p75
- $131,270
- p10
- $55,010
- p90
- $241,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.