State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Connecticut
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Connecticut, $73,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
+17%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Connecticut
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $73,910
- p25
- $56,820
- p75
- $95,940
- p10
- $46,510
- p90
- $108,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.