State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Tennessee
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Tennessee, $84,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 54.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.9%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+28.6%
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%
Tennessee
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $84,160
- p25
- $58,880
- p75
- $167,410
- p10
- $44,170
- p90
- $406,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.