State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Minnesota, $64,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.3%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+23.6%
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
Minnesota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,600
- p25
- $57,390
- p75
- $78,100
- p10
- $47,870
- p90
- $94,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.