State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Vermont
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Vermont, $110,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.5%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+4.9%
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%
Vermont
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $110,020
- p25
- $79,560
- p75
- $177,820
- p10
- $58,150
- p90
- $241,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.