State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Rhode Island
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Rhode Island, $75,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 10.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.5%
Alaska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
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
Rhode Island
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $75,000
- p25
- $58,710
- p75
- $90,080
- p10
- $49,100
- p90
- $102,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.