State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Georgia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Georgia, $63,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.8%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
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%
Georgia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $63,720
- p25
- $49,000
- p75
- $79,140
- p10
- $42,040
- p90
- $101,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.