State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs New Hampshire
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In New Hampshire, $96,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 34.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.7%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+26.8%
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%
New Hampshire
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,780
- p25
- $64,580
- p75
- $133,500
- p10
- $57,700
- p90
- $311,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.