State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Delaware
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Delaware, $74,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.8%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+5.3%
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%
Delaware
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $74,070
- p25
- $59,700
- p75
- $88,900
- p10
- $47,750
- p90
- $96,140
- 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.