State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Oklahoma
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Oklahoma, $52,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 59.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.3%
Alaska vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+36.6%
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
Oklahoma
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $52,040
- p25
- $45,980
- p75
- $64,430
- p10
- $38,100
- p90
- $81,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.