State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alabama vs California
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Alabama, $59,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.1%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-14.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,570
- p25
- $45,590
- p75
- $73,450
- p10
- $37,670
- p90
- $78,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
California
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $86,500
- p25
- $63,910
- p75
- $119,790
- p10
- $51,890
- p90
- $136,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.