Personal Financial Advisor salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 14 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Arcadia, Irvine, San Gabriel, El Monte, Buena Park.

Also listed as: Financial Advisor

Median salary$66,560
Middle 50%$62.1k–$84.2k
vs. national median−24%comparison median $88,000
Filings14FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,109 and $145,102.
PercentileSalary
10th$62,109
25th$62,119
50th (median)$66,560
75th$84,150
90th$108,624

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $59,000 (18 filings) FY2022: median $60,000 (15 filings) FY2023: median $70,800 (11 filings) FY2024: median $62,400 (11 filings) FY2025: median $62,275 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 18 filings FY20 FY2021: 5 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 filings FY26 18
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$59,000$47,840$72,60018
FY2021–––5
FY2022$60,000$58,656$69,20015
FY2023$70,800$70,625$79,85011
FY2024$62,400$62,400$63,00011
FY2025$62,275$62,109$68,64010
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median Personal Financial Advisor salary of $66,560 is worth about $58,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Los Angeles = 113.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Personal Financial Advisors in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $124,490 in May 2025 (13,980 employed). The H-1B median here is $66,560, 47% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Taos Global Group Of Catoo few3
Eversafe Insurance Agencytoo few2
Hu Insurance Agencytoo few2
The Nee Agencytoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $62,400 11
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$62,109$62,40011

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.