State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Michigan, $59,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.5%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+31%
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
Michigan
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,440
- p25
- $47,290
- p75
- $75,870
- p10
- $42,380
- p90
- $89,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.