State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Washington, $82,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 0.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.3%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+4.8%
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
Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $82,670
- p25
- $65,470
- p75
- $104,690
- p10
- $57,980
- p90
- $125,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.