State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Kentucky, $64,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.8%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
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
Kentucky
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,350
- p25
- $49,080
- p75
- $78,580
- p10
- $40,840
- p90
- $99,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.