State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs South Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In South Dakota, $128,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 1.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.3%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-19%
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 Dakota
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $128,720
- p25
- $101,200
- p75
- $204,320
- p10
- $77,280
- p90
- $337,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.