State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Arizona, $58,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 42.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.3%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+40%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $82,900
- p25
- $63,290
- p75
- $97,820
- p10
- $50,870
- p90
- $103,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Arizona
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,250
- p25
- $49,590
- p75
- $68,390
- p10
- $46,400
- p90
- $82,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.