State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs New York
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In New York, $71,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.8%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+22%
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 York
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $71,610
- p25
- $57,550
- p75
- $93,540
- p10
- $46,100
- p90
- $123,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.