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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 $184,390, Santa Fe, New Mexico is the highest paying city for personal financial advisors. It is followed by Visalia-Porterville, California (average annual salary $181,900). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [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	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$184,390	$64,580	90
2	Visalia-Porterville, California	$181,900	$52,300	30
3	Montgomery, Alabama	$167,120	$42,310	180
4	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$165,270	$47,530	530
5	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$155,460	$71,560	60
6	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$154,880	$61,510	30
7	Winchester, West Virginia	$152,610	$51,490	60
8	Peabody, Massachusetts	$151,570	$51,810	80
9	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, USA	$150,460	$57,050	25,670
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$149,660	$55,210	4,510
11	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$148,910	$54,710	50
12	The Villages, USA	$148,860	$56,170	50
13	Staunton-Waynesboro, USA	$147,370	$44,110	50
14	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$146,190	$59,550	n/a
15	Utica-Rome, New York	$141,570	$37,690	90
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$139,530	$54,040	6,550
17	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$139,010	$54,770	29,880
18	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$137,450	$66,900	n/a
19	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$136,560	$32,700	70
20	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$136,280	$36,530	80
21	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$135,910	$56,430	40
22	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$133,390	$62,680	150
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$131,940	$54,380	1,260
24	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$131,760	$57,130	60
25	Cumberland, West Virginia	$131,270	$40,170	40
26	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$130,580	$55,630	1,600
27	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$130,370	$51,100	900
28	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, USA	$130,180	$66,870	230
29	Gainesville, Florida	$128,040	$44,960	50
30	Elmira, New York	$127,680	$36,600	50
31	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$126,930	$42,550	110
32	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$126,510	$59,800	440
33	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$126,040	$36,200	100
34	Camden, New Jersey	$124,180	$55,170	420
35	Gainesville, Georgia	$123,290	$44,610	40
36	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$122,690	$26,890	40
37	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$119,320	$55,900	70
38	Port St Lucie, Florida	$118,910	$36,260	170
39	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$118,490	$30,290	130
40	Missoula, Montana	$117,480	$35,020	70
41	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$117,210	$50,510	23,360
42	Pueblo, Colorado	$117,000	$92,280	n/a
43	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$115,760	$36,690	70
44	Ithaca, New York	$114,650	$48,250	70
45	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$114,550	$44,360	70
46	Albany, Georgia	$113,880	$32,150	60
47	San Rafael, USA	$113,770	$44,530	440
48	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$113,580	$58,250	80
49	Chico, California	$113,180	$55,100	50
50	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$112,720	$45,360	100
51	Savannah, Georgia	$112,200	$41,240	90
52	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$112,180	$52,140	1,710
53	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$111,830	$44,180	60
54	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$111,680	$56,500	n/a
55	Rochester, New York	$111,590	$39,180	570
56	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$110,990	$53,410	60
57	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$110,480	$26,120	60
58	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$109,290	$49,750	1,930
59	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$108,850	$40,350	n/a
60	Boulder, Colorado	$108,570	$54,230	240
61	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$108,560	$40,530	1,970
62	Ocala, Florida	$107,580	$32,980	80
63	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$107,520	$50,540	360
64	Manchester, New Hampshire	$107,260	$54,590	110
65	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$107,020	$40,340	3,250
66	Great Falls, Montana	$106,900	$41,350	40
67	Dothan, Alabama	$106,130	$38,250	60
68	Fresno, California	$105,820	$27,450	240
69	Greeley, Colorado	$105,320	$51,560	40
70	Lawrence, Kansas	$104,890	$37,460	40
71	Charlottesville, Virginia	$104,800	$47,110	220
72	Iowa City, Iowa	$104,590	$44,760	70
73	Corpus Christi, Texas	$104,300	$36,780	70
74	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$104,030	$50,190	30
75	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$103,880	$33,200	840
76	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$103,740	$42,580	1,440
77	Glens Falls, New York	$103,550	$38,980	50
78	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$103,430	$41,410	30
79	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$103,370	$47,380	4,710
80	Longview, Texas	$102,350	$55,800	60
81	Jacksonville, Florida	$102,350	$45,110	1,730
82	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$102,240	$22,890	50
83	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$102,110	$52,690	30
84	St Joseph, Missouri	$101,710	$34,560	30
85	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$101,110	$36,270	4,300
86	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$100,860	$57,210	1,430
87	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$100,810	$50,860	2,720
88	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$99,820	$45,210	1,320
89	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$98,870	$48,560	1,760
90	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$98,620	$35,220	70
91	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$98,410	$41,700	180
92	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$98,160	$40,030	350
93	Richmond, Virginia	$97,250	$33,260	1,140
94	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$97,240	$35,110	150
95	Midland, Texas	$97,210	$48,940	120
96	Wilmington, New Jersey	$97,000	$52,760	500
97	Napa, California	$96,970	$57,050	60
98	Asheville, North Carolina	$96,840	$40,900	240
99	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$96,270	$22,750	120
100	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$96,230	$33,360	150