How much do Personal Financial Advisors make in Burlington-South Burlington, VT?

Percentile spread

For Personal Financial Advisors, the published 10th percentile is $58,150 and the 90th percentile is $215,070. The difference is $156,920, which is 120.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $79,560 to the 75th at $177,820, covers $98,260.

The mean annual wage is $133,960, which sits above the median of $129,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington-South Burlington, VT median is 23.7% higher than the national median of $105,070 for Personal Financial Advisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $128,718, which is 22.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.1% higher than the Vermont median of $110,020.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 100.949, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $129,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Personal Financial Advisors at $128,718 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Personal Financial Advisors. Burlington-South Burlington, VT ranks 2nd of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 139 miles away, with a median of $124,610 and employment of 680. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $125,153, against $128,718 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 139 miles away, with a median of $84,390 and employment of 950. That median is 35.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,872, against $128,718 here.
• Utica-Rome, NY is 141 miles away, with a median of $123,280 and employment of 90. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $133,020, against $128,718 here.

Employment share

Personal Financial Advisors accounts for 0.23% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington-South Burlington, VT (280 of 120,150). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (266,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.