State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Colorado
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Colorado, $57,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.5%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Colorado
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $57,130
- p25
- $49,620
- p75
- $63,460
- p10
- $45,460
- p90
- $80,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.