State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Utah
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Utah, $77,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.5% — not 68.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.4%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+50.5%
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%
Utah
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $77,390
- p25
- $61,040
- p75
- $117,360
- p10
- $47,840
- p90
- $208,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.