State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In North Carolina, $57,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.5% — not 43.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.8%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+32.5%
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
North Carolina
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $57,630
- p25
- $46,820
- p75
- $63,460
- p10
- $40,400
- p90
- $74,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.