State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Missouri, $58,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.7% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.8%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+26.7%
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
Missouri
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,040
- p25
- $47,620
- p75
- $65,150
- p10
- $41,890
- p90
- $78,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- 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.