State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs South Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In South Carolina, $96,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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%
South Carolina
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $96,330
- p25
- $60,780
- p75
- $176,200
- p10
- $45,420
- p90
- $250,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.