State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs North Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In North Dakota, $76,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 69.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.5%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
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 Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $76,870
- p25
- $63,660
- p75
- $102,890
- p10
- $59,470
- p90
- $135,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.