State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Virginia, $67,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21%
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
Virginia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $67,660
- p25
- $55,880
- p75
- $83,440
- p10
- $45,700
- p90
- $103,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.