State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Louisiana, $61,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
+34%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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
Louisiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $61,870
- p25
- $50,770
- p75
- $75,030
- p10
- $45,340
- p90
- $87,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.