State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Iowa, $56,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 46.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.6%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+25.7%
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
Iowa
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $56,540
- p25
- $48,310
- p75
- $65,820
- p10
- $43,470
- p90
- $77,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +120%
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.