State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Massachusetts, $79,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 3.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.7%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+7.2%
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
Massachusetts
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $79,930
- p25
- $65,810
- p75
- $100,580
- p10
- $59,460
- p90
- $117,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.