State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Nebraska
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Nebraska, $62,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
Alaska vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+16.7%
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
Nebraska
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $62,500
- p25
- $48,380
- p75
- $80,180
- p10
- $45,050
- p90
- $100,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.