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Highest Paying Cities for Personal Financial Advisors

The top 100 highest paying cities for personal financial advisors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of personal financial advisors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $176,770, Napa, California is the highest paying city for personal financial advisors. It is followed by Montgomery, Alabama (average annual salary $167,120). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [1]. For more salary information of personal financial advisors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Personal Financial Advisors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Napa, California	$176,770	$52,950	60
2	Montgomery, Alabama	$167,120	$39,890	180
3	Charlottesville, Virginia	$157,370	$47,260	220
4	Winchester, West Virginia	$152,610	$51,490	60
5	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$147,730	$56,430	60
6	Ocala, Florida	$143,120	$36,300	80
7	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$142,690	$57,220	1,630
8	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$139,480	$21,590	80
9	Port St Lucie, Florida	$137,870	$56,800	160
10	Rochester, New York	$136,590	$44,550	570
11	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$134,750	$24,090	300
12	Asheville, North Carolina	$132,610	$43,270	200
13	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$132,530	$54,730	4,500
14	Peabody, Massachusetts	$132,440	$32,270	70
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$131,870	$53,310	6,640
16	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$130,380	$49,980	30,290
17	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$130,060	$46,140	50
18	Toledo, Ohio	$128,360	$47,550	190
19	Fresno, California	$126,020	$53,930	230
20	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$123,900	$36,110	200
21	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$122,690	$26,890	50
22	Mobile, Alabama	$120,960	$44,130	240
23	Lynchburg, Virginia	$120,030	$47,500	120
24	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$120,000	$56,310	410
25	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$118,730	$54,070	180
26	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$117,210	$50,510	23,360
27	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$115,320	$56,360	1,400
28	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$115,020	$41,930	150
29	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$114,470	$52,320	350
30	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$114,280	$52,310	2,560
31	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$113,970	$47,140	30
32	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$113,580	$58,250	80
33	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$113,480	$44,080	130
34	Salem, Oregon	$112,740	$53,660	40
35	Savannah, Georgia	$112,730	$40,880	110
36	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$111,660	$51,820	1,820
37	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$110,850	$40,760	60
38	Racine, Wisconsin	$110,720	$39,210	50
39	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$110,650	$42,340	60
40	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$110,590	$53,380	230
41	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$110,480	$26,120	60
42	Richmond, Virginia	$110,350	$53,620	1,010
43	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$108,620	$22,740	100
44	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$108,350	$42,790	180
45	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$107,690	$52,510	1,240
46	Jacksonville, Florida	$107,530	$41,630	1,110
47	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$106,810	$41,540	560
48	Lawrence, Kansas	$104,890	$37,460	40
49	Corpus Christi, Texas	$104,300	$36,780	70
50	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$104,080	$53,990	2,780
51	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$103,860	$50,820	4,300
52	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$103,640	$46,890	1,820
53	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$103,280	$53,440	1,100
54	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$103,210	$52,180	320
55	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$102,610	$40,880	3,360
56	Iowa City, Iowa	$102,350	$43,730	80
57	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$101,280	$43,110	1,480
58	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$101,220	$56,280	60
59	Danbury, Connecticut	$101,060	$51,130	150
60	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$100,690	$44,810	1,350
61	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$99,710	$48,710	6,730
62	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$98,970	$37,860	640
63	Stockton, California	$98,570	$36,130	50
64	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$97,470	$34,560	480
65	Midland, Texas	$97,170	$44,140	120
66	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$96,420	$38,660	4,650
67	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$96,230	$33,360	150
68	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$96,080	$35,960	1,880
69	Manchester, New Hampshire	$95,900	$52,290	110
70	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$95,830	$49,300	280
71	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$95,790	$35,740	160
72	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$95,570	$51,190	990
73	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$95,460	$42,480	400
74	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$95,110	$30,470	3,760
75	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$94,980	$38,620	2,220
76	Akron, Ohio	$94,960	$44,860	290
77	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$94,580	$39,850	4,430
78	Salinas, California	$94,500	$54,530	100
79	Wilmington, New Jersey	$94,260	$53,680	610
80	Spokane, Washington	$93,840	$40,060	450
81	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$93,810	$40,330	40
82	Billings, Montana	$93,770	$32,790	110
83	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$93,770	$45,320	210
84	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$93,390	$35,570	410
85	Worcester, Massachusetts	$92,860	$40,950	200
86	Bismarck, North Dakota	$92,510	$30,160	80
87	Dover, Delaware	$92,290	$54,250	40
88	Tacoma, Washington	$92,270	$46,260	330
89	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$91,870	$49,630	3,090
90	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$91,650	$55,580	110
91	Laredo, Texas	$91,520	$50,100	40
92	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$91,500	$46,530	1,850
93	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$91,030	$41,830	30
94	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$90,840	$51,010	130
95	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$90,640	$49,180	870
96	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$90,600	$48,480	5,530
97	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$89,870	$54,860	60
98	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$89,680	$26,170	1,580
99	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$89,410	$30,610	140
100	Abilene, Texas	$89,370	$43,210	40