How much do Personal Financial Advisors make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Percentile spread

For Personal Financial Advisors, the published 10th percentile is $57,860 and the 90th percentile is $435,040. The difference is $377,180, which is 329.3% 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 $78,410 to the 75th at $179,490, covers $101,080.

The mean annual wage is $171,950, which sits above the median of $114,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 9% higher than the national median of $105,070 for Personal Financial Advisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $103,066, which is 1.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.4% higher than the Washington median of $114,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $114,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Personal Financial Advisors at $103,066 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Personal Financial Advisors. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 2nd of 10 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).).

• Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 39 miles away, with a median of $103,550 and employment of 80. That median is 9.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,052, against $103,066 here.
• Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is 60 miles away, with a median of $76,940 and employment of 110. That median is 32.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,216, against $103,066 here.
• Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is 75 miles away, with a median of $96,160 and employment of 40. That median is 16% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,591, against $103,066 here.

Employment share

Personal Financial Advisors accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (3,940 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (266,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.10 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.