State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Ohio
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Ohio, $61,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.2%
Alaska vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+21.6%
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
Ohio
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $61,760
- p25
- $48,660
- p75
- $80,120
- p10
- $43,010
- p90
- $99,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.