State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In District of Columbia, $80,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 3%.
Nominal pay gap
+3%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+10.6%
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
District of Columbia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $80,470
- p25
- $61,710
- p75
- $103,030
- p10
- $50,900
- p90
- $113,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.