State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Colorado, $64,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+28.8%
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
Colorado
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,780
- p25
- $57,640
- p75
- $78,420
- p10
- $48,690
- p90
- $97,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.