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State comparison · 2025

Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Nebraska

Occupation

Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Nebraska, $93,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 39.7%.

Nominal pay gap
+39.7%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+13.7%
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%
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Nebraska

Personal Financial Advisors

Median
$93,280
p25
$61,200
p75
$138,130
p10
$52,370
p90
$214,280
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
See full breakdown for Nebraska

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.