State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs District of Columbia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In District of Columbia, $80,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.5%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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%
District of Columbia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $80,470
- p25
- $61,710
- p75
- $103,030
- p10
- $50,900
- p90
- $113,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.