Personal Financial Advisors Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $93K, rent takes 19.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,113/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new personal financial advisors typically earn — is $52K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,142/month. At HUD’s $1,113/month FMR, rent would take 35% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 11% below the national median — $93K here vs. $105K nationally. Cost of living is 10% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Nebraska pays $93K median vs. the U.S. average of $105K — that’s -11%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 90.05), the purchasing-power equivalent is $104K — below the national median.

The median is $93,280 a year, that works out to about $45 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $52,370, and experienced personal financial advisors can clear $214,280. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,808/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,113/month, which eats 19.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Nebraska has a Regional Price Parity of 90.05 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median personal financial advisors salary is worth about $103,587 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.