What does it cost to hire a personal financial advisor in Overland Park?

Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role and never by salary or location. A contingency firm billing 20 to 30% of this role's $123,140 median wage in the Kansas City, MO-KS area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would charge roughly $24,628 to $36,942 on the first year salary alone.

Is the talent for this role already in Overland Park?

This is a job zone 4 occupation, which usually calls for a bachelor's degree, and 62.9% of Overland Park adults hold one or higher (Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501). That is a deep local pool for a degree-requiring role.

Hiring a personal financial advisor in Overland Park, KS

Employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area pay personal financial advisors a median of $123,140 a year, with the middle half of the market between $78,500 and $176,090 (BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 13-2052). Filling it through recruitlocalpros runs Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role rather than by salary or location, and our vetted recruiting partner handles sourcing, screening and placement end to end.

Do Overland Park residents in business and financial operations work earn more than employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area pay?

Overland Park residents working in business and financial operations occupations earn a median of $88,238 (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011), against $78,505 as the median of the 28 wages BLS publishes for that same occupation group in the Kansas City, MO-KS area (BLS OEWS, May 2025), a difference of 12%, with the residents figure the higher of the two.

Both sides of that figure describe the whole business and financial operations group, not this one role. In the Kansas City, MO-KS area the group covers 28 occupations BLS publishes a wage for, from credit counselors at $45,840 to personal financial advisors at $123,140 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

That comparison is between two different measures, not a pay gap. The two weight the same occupation group differently: the Census figure is the midpoint across the people who actually hold those jobs, so a group carrying a few very well paid occupations is pulled toward them, while the BLS figure is the midpoint across the 28 published occupation wages, which counts each of those occupations once whatever its headcount. Census also counts where people live and BLS counts where the jobs are, and the two cover different populations, Census the civilian employed population 16 and over, BLS wage-and-salary jobs only. Read the number against other cities, where the same definitional difference applies on both sides, rather than as a shortfall.

Residents here out-earn the midpoint of what the metro pays across this group, which usually points to people commuting out to better-paying employers. Expect a Overland Park offer in this field to compete with a drive, not only with the firm down the road.

What does a personal financial advisor earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid to personal financial advisors by employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area. BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 13-2052.
25th percentile	$78,500
Median	$123,140
75th percentile	$176,090

Half of personal financial advisors in this area earn between $78,500 and $176,090 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $78,500 competes for the bottom quarter of the market. Occupation detail for SOC 13-2052 at O*NET OnLine.

Place of residence

What Overland Park residents earn

$88,238

Median annual earnings of Overland Park residents working in business and financial operations occupations, 10,768 people (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011). An occupation group rather than this one role, and where people live rather than where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Interview clients to determine their current income, expenses, insurance coverage, tax status, financial objectives, risk tolerance, or other information needed to develop a financial plan.
Analyze financial information obtained from clients to determine strategies for meeting clients' financial objectives.
Answer clients' questions about the purposes and details of financial plans and strategies.
Review clients' accounts and plans regularly to determine whether life changes, economic changes, environmental concerns, or financial performance indicate a need for plan reassessment.
Manage client portfolios, keeping client plans up-to-date.

Task statements for SOC 13-2052, O*NET OnLine 29.1.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SQL Server.

Flagged in demand or hot for SOC 13-2052 by O*NET OnLine 29.1. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Overland Park?

This is a job zone four: considerable preparation needed occupation. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. O*NET OnLine, SOC 13-2052.

That matters here, because 62.9% of Overland Park adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a deep local pool for a degree-requiring role. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501, residents of Overland Park aged 25 and over.

The average Overland Park commute runs 19.9 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 22.2% of Overland Park workers already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that. Census ACS 5-year 2023, place-level commuting characteristics for Overland Park.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Johnson County, accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services employs 2,692 and turns over 11.0% a quarter, with 541 hires against 314 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $9,229 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 5412.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about personal financial advisors. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a normal churn rate, where a well-run search closes on schedule.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's $123,140 median in the Kansas City, MO-KS area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would bill roughly $24,628 to $36,942 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Questions employers ask about hiring a personal financial advisor in Overland Park

What does it cost to hire a personal financial advisor in Overland Park?: Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role and never by salary or location. A contingency firm billing 20 to 30% of this role's $123,140 median wage in the Kansas City, MO-KS area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would charge roughly $24,628 to $36,942 on the first year salary alone.
What should an offer for a personal financial advisor in Overland Park look like?: Employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area pay personal financial advisors a median of $123,140, with the middle half of the market between $78,500 and $176,090 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $78,500 competes for the bottom quarter of that market.
Do Overland Park residents in business and financial operations work earn more than employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area pay?: Overland Park residents working in business and financial operations occupations earn a median of $88,238 (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011), against $78,505 as the median of the 28 wages BLS publishes for that same occupation group in the Kansas City, MO-KS area (BLS OEWS, May 2025), a difference of 12%. Both figures cover the whole occupation group rather than this one role, and one counts where people live while the other counts where the jobs are, so the percentage is not a pay gap.
Is the talent for this role already in Overland Park?: This is a job zone 4 occupation, which usually calls for a bachelor's degree, and 62.9% of Overland Park adults hold one or higher (Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501). That is a deep local pool for a degree-requiring role.

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Hiring a personal financial advisor somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other business and financial operations roles in Overland Park

Overland Park is the 2nd largest of 2 Kansas cities in this dataset.