State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Florida
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Florida, $53,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52% — not 62.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.8%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+52%
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%
Florida
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $53,140
- p25
- $46,800
- p75
- $66,800
- p10
- $38,290
- p90
- $82,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.