State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: Alabama vs California
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Alabama, $48,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $48,120
- p25
- $44,920
- p75
- $57,660
- p10
- $39,260
- p90
- $73,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $67,120
- p25
- $56,040
- p75
- $81,860
- p10
- $47,260
- p90
- $98,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.