State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Illinois, $62,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.8%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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
Illinois
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $62,420
- p25
- $49,720
- p75
- $82,890
- p10
- $44,890
- p90
- $110,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.