State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Georgia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Georgia, $63,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.1%
Alaska vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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
Georgia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $63,720
- p25
- $49,000
- p75
- $79,140
- p10
- $42,040
- p90
- $101,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.