State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Louisiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Louisiana, $61,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 39.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.8%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Louisiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $61,870
- p25
- $50,770
- p75
- $75,030
- p10
- $45,340
- p90
- $87,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.