State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Nebraska
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%
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
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.