State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs New York
Personal Financial Advisors in New York earn a median of $166,400. In California, $130,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23.7%
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%
New York
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $166,400
- p25
- $102,080
- p75
- $282,050
- p10
- $76,190
- p90
- $427,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.