State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Pennsylvania, $105,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $105,200
- p25
- $75,930
- p75
- $173,590
- p10
- $59,960
- p90
- $392,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.