State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Maine
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Maine, $58,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.1% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.4%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+34.1%
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
Maine
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,630
- p25
- $49,270
- p75
- $74,330
- p10
- $45,300
- p90
- $82,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.