State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Wisconsin
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Wisconsin, $119,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 9.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.1%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $119,430
- p25
- $77,730
- p75
- $205,600
- p10
- $51,760
- p90
- $401,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.