State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alabama vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Alabama, $59,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.2%
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%
Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $82,670
- p25
- $65,470
- p75
- $104,690
- p10
- $57,980
- p90
- $125,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.