State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Pennsylvania, $60,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+29.8%
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
Pennsylvania
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $60,880
- p25
- $51,160
- p75
- $78,460
- p10
- $46,200
- p90
- $97,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +29%
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.