State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Rhode Island
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Rhode Island, $80,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.2% — not 62.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.5%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+50.2%
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%
Rhode Island
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $80,200
- p25
- $62,690
- p75
- $133,440
- p10
- $46,670
- p90
- $164,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.