State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: Arizona vs California
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Arizona, $51,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.3%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $51,480
- p25
- $47,770
- p75
- $60,140
- p10
- $43,580
- p90
- $66,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $67,120
- p25
- $56,040
- p75
- $81,860
- p10
- $47,260
- p90
- $98,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.