State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Hawaii
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Hawaii, $61,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.2% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.1%
California vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+39.2%
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%
Hawaii
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $61,730
- p25
- $51,600
- p75
- $88,140
- p10
- $49,350
- p90
- $93,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.