State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Montana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Montana, $57,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.3% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.2%
Alaska vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+32.3%
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
Montana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $57,900
- p25
- $46,630
- p75
- $79,440
- p10
- $39,180
- p90
- $87,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.