State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Kansas, $56,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 46.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.5%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+28.9%
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
Kansas
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $56,590
- p25
- $48,150
- p75
- $67,150
- p10
- $42,020
- p90
- $77,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.