State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Vermont
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Vermont, $64,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
Alaska vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+22.9%
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
Vermont
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,570
- p25
- $57,720
- p75
- $78,800
- p10
- $50,810
- p90
- $94,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.