Personal Financial Advisors · SOC 13-2052
Personal Financial Advisors Salary in the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Personal Financial Advisors in the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $66,070 per year ($31.76 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,420 at the 10th percentile to $166,950 at the 90th. BLS estimates 140 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Personal Financial Advisors in the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $66,070 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,370 and $118,200.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,420 | $45,370 | $66,070 | $118,200 | $166,950 |
| Hourly | $18.47 | $21.81 | $31.76 | $56.83 | $80.26 |
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
- Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$66,070 median for Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $45,370 to $118,200
- North Carolinastate$96,880 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $63,190 to $153,970
- United Statesnational$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 −32% vs North Carolina overall and −37% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in North Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for personal financial advisors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$66,070 median for Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $45,370 to $118,200
- $126,310 median for Greensboro metro area; middle half earns $78,480 to $188,130
- $104,780 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $74,470 to $221,710
- $103,110 median for Fayetteville metro area; middle half earns $63,150 to $154,880
- $102,590 median for Wilmington metro area; middle half earns $62,960 to $137,640
- $102,150 median for Asheville metro area; middle half earns $58,570 to $137,220
- $101,290 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $58,490 to $133,200
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for personal financial advisorss · Highest-paying occupations in Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.