State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Delaware
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Delaware, $52,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
+27%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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
Delaware
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $52,840
- p25
- $49,020
- p75
- $75,980
- p10
- $47,150
- p90
- $86,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.