State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In New Mexico, $77,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 6.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.4%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-4.2%
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
New Mexico
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $77,880
- p25
- $54,110
- p75
- $87,190
- p10
- $46,660
- p90
- $103,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.