State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs New Mexico
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In New Mexico, $94,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 38.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.3%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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 Mexico
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $94,270
- p25
- $73,320
- p75
- $183,380
- p10
- $56,450
- p90
- $403,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.