State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Texas
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Texas, $67,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
Alaska vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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
Texas
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $67,900
- p25
- $49,770
- p75
- $82,460
- p10
- $42,380
- p90
- $101,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.