Business & Financial
Personal Financial Advisors
SOC 13-2052
Help individuals plan savings, investments, and retirement for the long run.
The job
Median pay
$105k
$72k to $177k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.4% projected
Openings a year
17k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very high
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
3/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
93rd pct
More exposed than 93% of occupations · modeled estimate · 98th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
44/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 32,200 | 1.8 | 1.0× | $130k |
| New York | 21,550 | 2.2 | 1.3× | $166k |
| Florida | 21,490 | 2.2 | 1.3× | $101k |
| Texas | 18,200 | 1.3 | 0.8× | $99k |
| North Carolina | 12,340 | 2.5 | 1.5× | $97k |
| Pennsylvania | 12,200 | 2.0 | 1.2× | $105k |
| Illinois | 9,760 | 1.6 | 0.9× | $120k |
| New Jersey | 9,300 | 2.2 | 1.3× | $159k |
| Ohio | 7,680 | 1.4 | 0.8× | $91k |
| Massachusetts | 7,575 | 2.1 | 1.2× | $126k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 6,830 | 1.4 | 0.8× | $101k |
| Colorado | 6,730 | 2.3 | 1.4× | $89k |
| Michigan | 6,570 | 1.5 | 0.9× | $78k |
| Arizona | 6,430 | 2.0 | 1.2× | $97k |
| Virginia | 6,340 | 1.5 | 0.9× | $103k |
| Washington | 5,790 | 1.6 | 0.9× | $114k |
| Indiana | 5,400 | 1.7 | 1.0× | $88k |
| Minnesota | 5,280 | 1.8 | 1.0× | $103k |
| Maryland | 5,260 | 1.9 | 1.1× | $100k |
| Wisconsin | 5,200 | 1.8 | 1.0× | $119k |
| Missouri | 4,480 | 1.5 | 0.9× | $100k |
| Kansas | 4,150 | 2.9 | 1.7× | $103k |
| Tennessee | 3,970 | 1.2 | 0.7× | $84k |
| Oregon | 3,070 | 1.6 | 0.9× | $123k |
| Connecticut | 2,695 | 1.6 | 0.9× | $130k~ |
| Alabama | 2,540 | 1.2 | 0.7× | $78k |
| Utah | 2,520 | 1.5 | 0.8× | $77k |
| South Carolina | 2,400 | 1.0 | 0.6× | $96k |
| Nebraska | 2,210 | 2.2 | 1.3× | $93k |
| Kentucky | 2,040 | 1.0 | 0.6× | $67k |
| Iowa | 1,920 | 1.2 | 0.7× | $92k |
| New Hampshire | 1,850 | 2.7 | 1.6× | $97k |
| Nevada | 1,730 | 1.1 | 0.7× | $93k |
| Louisiana | 1,470 | 0.8 | 0.4× | $88k~ |
| Arkansas | 1,320 | 1.0 | 0.6× | $79k |
| Oklahoma | 1,140 | 0.7 | 0.4× | $69k |
| Rhode Island | 1,130 | 2.3 | 1.3× | $80k |
| Delaware | 982 | 2.0 | 1.2× | $125k~ |
| Maine | 850 | 1.3 | 0.8× | $100k~ |
| Mississippi | 790 | 0.7 | 0.4× | $63k |
| Idaho | 760 | 0.9 | 0.5× | $94k |
| Montana | 757 | 1.5 | 0.9× | $97k~ |
| West Virginia | 670 | 1.0 | 0.6× | $80k |
| South Dakota | 620 | 1.4 | 0.8× | $129k |
| New Mexico | 610 | 0.7 | 0.4× | $94k |
| Hawaii | 550 | 0.9 | 0.5× | $76k |
| North Dakota | 540 | 1.3 | 0.7× | $77k |
| Vermont | 520 | 1.7 | 1.0× | $110k |
| Washington DC | 480 | 0.7 | 0.4× | $105k |
| Alaska | 374 | 1.1 | 0.7× | $79k~ |
| Wyoming | 310 | 1.1 | 0.6× | $77k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ23,980 jobs · $170k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA13,980 jobs · $124k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL8,390 jobs · $126k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN8,370 jobs · $113k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD7,390 jobs · $117k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA7,130 jobs · $161k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX6,230 jobs
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ5,000 jobs · $104k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Personal Financial Advisors interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.