Financial Advisor Salary 2026: Wirehouse vs RIA, CFP, by State

TL;DR — Financial Advisor Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 13-2052 n = $270,480 workers

P50 $102,140

$49,990P10 P25 $70,620 P75 $172,540 P90—

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Financial Advisors in the federal sample earn between $70,620 and $172,540 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	NY	New York	$155,756▼7%	$167,970	107.8	29K
02	ID	Idaho	$147,925▲8%	$136,440	92.2	1K
03	SD	South Dakota	$139,968▲13%	$123,380	88.1	1K
04	DE	Delaware	$129,781▲1%	$128,170	98.8	1K
05	WI	Wisconsin	$124,094▲7%	$115,680	93.2	5K
06	MD	Maryland	$117,120▼4%	$122,510	104.6	6K
07	CA	California	$114,666▼11%	$128,650	112.2	34K
08	NJ	New Jersey	$113,539▼8%	$123,690	108.9	7K
· · · · · 34 states omitted · · · · ·
43	NH	New Hampshire	$78,307▼5%	$82,530	105.4	2K
44	OR	Oregon	$76,508▼5%	$80,190	104.8	2K
45	MS	Mississippi	$75,065▲15%	$65,150	86.8	1K
46	UT	Utah	$70,218▲4%	$67,210	95.7	3K
47	HI	Hawaii	$68,986▼9%	$75,680	109.7	1K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · FINANCIAL ADVISOR · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK —

ME —

VT 84K NH 78K WA 103K ID 148K MT 106K ND 112K MN 96K WI 124K MI 105K NY 156K MA 94K RI 99K OR 77K NV 84K

WY —

SD 140K IA 92K IL 106K IN 110K OH 89K PA 106K NJ 114K CT 103K CA 115K UT 70K CO 84K NE 82K MO 92K KY 88K WV 87K VA 99K MD 117K DE 130K DC 91K AZ 85K NM 85K KS 112K AR 87K TN 97K

NC —

SC 106K HI 69K TX 85K OK 82K LA 88K MS 75K AL 89K GA 102K FL 85K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $138K+

60–80% $121K

40–60% $104K

20–40% $86K

Bottom 20% $69K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Financial Advisor Salary 2026 — Wirehouse vs RIA Principal, AUM-Fee Math, CFP Premium, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.