State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Virginia, $102,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
+27%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+16%
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%
Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $73,490
- p75
- $199,990
- p10
- $51,440
- p90
- $420,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.