State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Arizona vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Arizona, $58,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.1% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-25.1%
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%
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.