State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Alaska vs Wyoming
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $82,900. In Wyoming, $63,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 30.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.7%
Alaska vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+18.3%
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
Wyoming
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $63,430
- p25
- $57,730
- p75
- $74,840
- p10
- $49,440
- p90
- $91,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.