State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Tennessee, $59,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.1% — not 38.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.3%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+24.1%
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
Tennessee
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,960
- p25
- $48,460
- p75
- $69,820
- p10
- $42,410
- p90
- $84,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.