State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Indiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Indiana, $59,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 46%.
Nominal pay gap
+46%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+23%
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%
Indiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,260
- p25
- $47,700
- p75
- $71,860
- p10
- $41,180
- p90
- $82,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.