State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Connecticut
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Connecticut, $73,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 12.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.2%
Alaska vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
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
Connecticut
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $73,910
- p25
- $56,820
- p75
- $95,940
- p10
- $46,510
- p90
- $108,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.