State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs West Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In West Virginia, $80,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 62.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.9%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+31.7%
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%
West Virginia
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $80,010
- p25
- $53,500
- p75
- $131,910
- p10
- $45,020
- p90
- $219,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.