State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Arizona vs California
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Arizona, $58,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.7%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-26%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,250
- p25
- $49,590
- p75
- $68,390
- p10
- $46,400
- p90
- $82,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
California
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $86,500
- p25
- $63,910
- p75
- $119,790
- p10
- $51,890
- p90
- $136,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.