State comparison · 2025
Personal Financial Advisors salary: California vs Wyoming
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median of $130,330. In Wyoming, $77,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.8% — not 68.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.2%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+40.8%
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%
Wyoming
Personal Financial Advisors
- Median
- $77,490
- p25
- $58,090
- p75
- $138,110
- p10
- $50,390
- p90
- $330,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.