State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Arkansas, $59,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 38.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.7%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+17.7%
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
Arkansas
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,770
- p25
- $46,610
- p75
- $67,570
- p10
- $38,520
- p90
- $78,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.