State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Texas
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Texas, $99,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.4%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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%
Texas
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $99,160
- p25
- $64,710
- p75
- $163,340
- p10
- $46,450
- p90
- $359,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.