State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Kentucky
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Kentucky, $48,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 39.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.4%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $67,120
- p25
- $56,040
- p75
- $81,860
- p10
- $47,260
- p90
- $98,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Kentucky
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $48,150
- p25
- $42,340
- p75
- $58,190
- p10
- $37,360
- p90
- $74,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.