State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Mississippi, $58,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 41.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.2%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+20%
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
Mississippi
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,710
- p25
- $46,430
- p75
- $66,220
- p10
- $38,580
- p90
- $76,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.