State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Maryland, $75,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.3%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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
Maryland
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $75,820
- p25
- $61,410
- p75
- $97,940
- p10
- $48,460
- p90
- $116,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.