State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In North Dakota, $58,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.6%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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
North Dakota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,960
- p25
- $49,870
- p75
- $73,860
- p10
- $46,860
- p90
- $79,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- 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.