Personal Financial Advisors Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $101K, rent takes 29.9% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,875/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new personal financial advisors typically earn — is $31K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $1,883/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $101K locally vs. $105K nationally, a 4% difference.

Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area pays $101K median vs. the U.S. average of $105K — that’s -4%.

The median is $100,600 a year, that works out to about $48 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $31,390, and experienced personal financial advisors can clear $289,310. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $6,262/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,875/month, which eats 29.9% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median personal financial advisors salary is worth about $100,600 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.