Entry-level Personal Financial Advisor salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 11 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I 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$62,400
Middle 50%$62.1k–$70.7k
vs. all levels here−6%comparison median $66,560
Filings11FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,109 and $86,580.
PercentileSalary
10th$62,109
25th$62,109
50th (median)$62,400
75th$70,735
90th$72,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2020: median $54,000 (13 filings) FY2022: median $59,640 (14 filings) FY2024: median $62,400 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 13 filings FY20 FY2021: 3 filings FY21 FY2022: 14 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 9 filings FY25 FY2026: 2 filings FY26 14
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$54,000$47,778$61,00013
FY2021–––3
FY2022$59,640$58,656$66,95014
FY2023–––6
FY2024$62,400$62,400$63,00011
FY2025–––9
FY2026–––2

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median entry-level Personal Financial Advisor salary of $62,400 is worth about $54,900 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 $62,400, 50% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Taos Global Group Of Catoo few3
Eversafe Insurance 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.