State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Florida
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Florida, $53,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.5% — not 56%.
Nominal pay gap
+56%
Alaska vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+57.5%
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
Florida
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $53,140
- p25
- $46,800
- p75
- $66,800
- p10
- $38,290
- p90
- $82,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.