State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs North Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In North Carolina, $96,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 34.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.5%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.6%
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%
North Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,880
- p25
- $63,190
- p75
- $153,970
- p10
- $48,790
- p90
- $287,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.