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What financial planners make
Median
$105,070
Starting out
$50,190
Top tenth
$357,020
The national median is $105,070 a year and the bottom tenth start near $50,190. The top figure is unusually high, $357,020, because many advisors own their practice and are paid a share of the money they manage rather than a salary. That top number belongs to business owners with decades of clients, not to employees.