Pay distribution $58,850 10th $87,540 25th $97,450 75th $113,870 90th
Half of Personal Financial Advisors in the Helena metro area earn more than $97,450 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $87,540 and $97,450.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $58,850 $87,540 $97,450 $97,450 $113,870 Hourly $28.29 $42.09 $46.85 $46.85 $54.75
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Helena metro areathis metro area
$97,450 median for Helena metro area; middle half earns $87,540 to $97,450
$97,450 median for Montana; middle half earns $76,230 to $131,270
$105,070 median for United States; middle half earns $72,440 to $176,790
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs Montana overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $43,880 $85,937 $127,993 $170,050 Cleveland, TN — $43,880 Sebring, FL — $45,040 Lake Charles, LA — $47,040 Yuma, AZ — $47,040 San Angelo, TX — $48,370 Terre Haute, IN — $48,710 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $48,970 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $49,450 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $49,840 Victoria, TX — $52,120 Battle Creek, MI — $54,470 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $55,920 Corpus Christi, TX — $57,380 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,100 Tucson, AZ — $58,450 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $58,650 Cheyenne, WY — $58,700 Clarksville, TN-KY — $58,750 Winchester, VA-WV — $59,990 Logan, UT-ID — $60,210 Jackson, TN — $60,420 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $60,490 Tuscaloosa, AL — $62,350 Fairbanks-College, AK — $62,430 Ogden, UT — $62,570 Columbia, MO — $63,030 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $63,300 Lafayette, LA — $63,650 Hot Springs, AR — $63,950 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $64,050 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $64,200 Twin Falls, ID — $64,660 St. George, UT — $64,900 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $65,520 Idaho Falls, ID — $65,820 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $66,410 Muncie, IN — $66,640 Oklahoma City, OK — $67,380 Bowling Green, KY — $69,430 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $70,240 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $71,380 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $71,500 Saginaw, MI — $71,560 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $71,990 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $72,280 Colorado Springs, CO — $72,430 Owensboro, KY — $72,430 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $72,460 Paducah, KY-IL — $72,480 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $72,760 Las Cruces, NM — $72,990 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $74,210 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $74,260 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $74,400 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $74,510 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $74,820 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $74,850 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $74,990 Tulsa, OK — $74,990 Mobile, AL — $75,060 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $75,270 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $75,300 Springfield, MO — $75,410 Lincoln, NE — $75,590 Jonesboro, AR — $75,610 Fargo, ND-MN — $75,900 Bismarck, ND — $76,030 Urban Honolulu, HI — $76,170 Missoula, MT — $76,230 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $76,830 Johnson City, TN — $76,850 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $76,940 Grand Island, NE — $77,370 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $77,520 St. Cloud, MN — $77,530 Columbus, IN — $77,650 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $77,890 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $77,990 Mansfield, OH — $78,360 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $78,530 Evansville, IN — $79,160 Wichita Falls, TX — $79,210 Burlington, NC — $79,360 Birmingham, AL — $79,480 Yakima, WA — $79,750 Beckley, WV — $79,920 Knoxville, TN — $80,370 Duluth, MN-WI — $80,480 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $80,540 Omaha, NE-IA — $80,550 Hattiesburg, MS — $80,570 Fort Wayne, IN — $80,680 Baton Rouge, LA — $80,910 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $81,080 Cleveland, OH — $81,130 Wichita, KS — $81,200 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $81,400 Columbus, OH — $81,600 Morgantown, WV — $81,610 Chambersburg, PA — $81,690 Jackson, MS — $81,860 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $81,990 Lubbock, TX — $82,030 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $82,100 Mankato, MN — $82,380 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $82,420 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $82,580 Niles, MI — $82,780 Toledo, OH — $82,890 Boulder, CO — $83,070 Manhattan, KS — $83,180 Ocala, FL — $83,570 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $83,720 Abilene, TX — $83,870 College Station-Bryan, TX — $83,880 Amarillo, TX — $83,950 Longview, TX — $84,010 Tyler, TX — $84,090 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $84,390 Bozeman, MT — $84,990 Huntsville, AL — $85,040 Reno, NV — $85,470 Montgomery, AL — $85,890 Corvallis, OR — $86,220 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $86,220 Albany, GA — $86,940 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $87,420 Rome, GA — $87,800 Traverse City, MI — $88,100 Chico, CA — $88,600 Harrisonburg, VA — $88,790 Salisbury, MD — $89,090 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $89,410 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $89,500 Lynchburg, VA — $89,650 Dubuque, IA — $89,700 Iowa City, IA — $89,860 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $90,520 Ames, IA — $90,590 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $91,040 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $91,340 Roanoke, VA — $91,690 Lawrence, KS — $91,780 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $92,370 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $93,230 Cedar Rapids, IA — $93,320 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $93,440 Redding, CA — $93,680 Bloomington, IN — $94,040 Columbia, SC — $94,130 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $94,270 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $94,370 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $94,370 Johnstown, PA — $95,240 Rochester, MN — $95,280 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $95,810 Ann Arbor, MI — $95,840 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $95,840 Albuquerque, NM — $95,990 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $95,990 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $95,990 Topeka, KS — $96,030 Charleston, WV — $96,050 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $96,070 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $96,100 Flint, MI — $96,140 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $96,160 Tallahassee, FL — $96,170 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $96,270 Akron, OH — $96,550 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $97,090 Punta Gorda, FL — $97,270 Rocky Mount, NC — $97,320 Valdosta, GA — $97,360 Erie, PA — $97,370 Kokomo, IN — $97,430 Helena, MT — $97,450 Canton-Massillon, OH — $97,700 Bangor, ME — $97,900 Portland-South Portland, ME — $97,960 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $98,070 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $98,090 Monroe, MI — $98,090 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $98,200 Florence, SC — $98,230 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $98,260 State College, PA — $98,410 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $98,700 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $98,740 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $98,930 Midland, TX — $98,930 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $98,970 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $99,030 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $99,060 Wheeling, WV-OH — $99,090 Reading, PA — $99,120 Spartanburg, SC — $99,330 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $99,350 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $99,440 El Paso, TX — $99,700 Lancaster, PA — $99,810 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $99,860 Billings, MT — $99,890 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $99,950 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $100,120 Williamsport, PA — $100,120 Fresno, CA — $100,240 Wausau, WI — $100,500 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $100,510 Winston-Salem, NC — $100,560 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $101,040 Homosassa Springs, FL — $101,140 Rochester, NY — $101,150 Greenville, NC — $101,290 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $101,430 Jacksonville, FL — $101,480 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $101,920 Asheville, NC — $102,150 Kenosha, WI — $102,320 Wilmington, NC — $102,590 Greeley, CO — $102,640 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $102,640 Dover, DE — $102,670 Columbus, GA-AL — $102,820 Fayetteville, NC — $103,110 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $103,200 Bellingham, WA — $103,410 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $103,410 Port St. Lucie, FL — $103,430 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $103,550 Binghamton, NY — $103,590 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $103,650 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $103,670 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $103,680 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $103,680 St. Louis, MO-IL — $103,690 Rapid City, SD — $103,760 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $103,990 Salem, OR — $104,040 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $104,160 Grand Junction, CO — $104,280 Salinas, CA — $104,430 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $104,780 Modesto, CA — $105,080 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $105,900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $106,230 Peoria, IL — $108,930 Rockford, IL — $110,850 Richmond, VA — $110,910 Gainesville, GA — $111,430 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $111,540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $111,580 Jackson, MI — $111,990 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $112,430 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $113,210 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $113,480 Eau Claire, WI — $113,930 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $114,110 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $114,540 York-Hanover, PA — $115,540 Pittsburgh, PA — $115,600 Gainesville, FL — $116,470 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $116,560 Boise City, ID — $117,460 Pocatello, ID — $119,840 New Haven, CT — $120,110 Green Bay, WI — $120,200 Worcester, MA — $120,400 Texarkana, TX-AR — $120,420 Dothan, AL — $120,430 Vallejo, CA — $120,470 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $121,000 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $121,350 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $121,840 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $122,170 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $122,420 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $122,830 Kansas City, MO-KS — $123,140 Utica-Rome, NY — $123,280 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $123,570 Visalia, CA — $123,920 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $124,380 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $124,490 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $124,490 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $124,540 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $124,610 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $125,670 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $125,700 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $125,810 Altoona, PA — $125,820 Pittsfield, MA — $125,900 Madison, WI — $126,000 Savannah, GA — $126,200 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $126,310 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $126,390 Syracuse, NY — $126,430 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $126,530 Charlottesville, VA — $126,940 Napa, CA — $127,240 Fond du Lac, WI — $127,360 Springfield, MA — $127,870 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $127,950 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $129,130 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $129,560 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $129,940 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $130,330 Ithaca, NY — $130,940 Great Falls, MT — $131,270 Bend, OR — $133,080 Sheboygan, WI — $133,200 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $133,900 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $135,770 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $136,820 Santa Fe, NM — $138,790 Bloomington, IL — $141,070 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $145,190 Springfield, IL — $154,370 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $159,990 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $160,610 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $170,050 Helena metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Helena metro area has the 144th-highest published median for this occupation among the 320 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Montana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for personal financial advisors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Helena metro areathis page
$97,450 median for Helena metro area; middle half earns $87,540 to $97,450
$131,270 median for Great Falls metro area; middle half earns $78,560 to $237,920
$99,890 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $76,820 to $217,120
$84,990 median for Bozeman metro area; middle half earns $84,990 to $105,820
$76,230 median for Missoula metro area; middle half earns $55,010 to $146,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .