How much do Personal Financial Advisors make in Dover, DE?

Percentile spread

For Personal Financial Advisors, the published 10th percentile is $58,970 and the 90th percentile is $278,140. The difference is $219,170, which is 213.5% 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 $78,080 to the 75th at $165,870, covers $87,790.

The mean annual wage is $138,420, which sits above the median of $102,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dover, DE median is 2.3% lower than the national median of $105,070 for Personal Financial Advisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $105,295, which is 0.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.9% lower than the Delaware median of $125,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $102,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Personal Financial Advisors at $105,295 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Personal Financial Advisors. Dover, DE ranks 15th of 26 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).).

• Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 43 miles away, with a median of $129,560 and employment of 140. That median is 26.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $131,058, against $105,295 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $116,560 and employment of 7,390. That median is 13.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $113,657, against $105,295 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 58 miles away, with a median of $98,970 and employment of 3,240. That median is 3.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $94,720, against $105,295 here.

Employment share

Personal Financial Advisors accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (70 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (266,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.60 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.