State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: Arkansas vs California
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Arkansas, $45,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.9%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $45,060
- p25
- $37,860
- p75
- $57,980
- p10
- $35,000
- p90
- $62,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.