State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Indiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Indiana, $59,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.9%
Alaska vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+27.5%
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
Indiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,260
- p25
- $47,700
- p75
- $71,860
- p10
- $41,180
- p90
- $82,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.