State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Idaho, $60,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 37.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.4%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+28.2%
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
Idaho
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $60,320
- p25
- $51,060
- p75
- $72,680
- p10
- $46,710
- p90
- $79,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- 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.