State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Massachusetts
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Massachusetts, $63,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.1%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+1.4%
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
Massachusetts
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $63,240
- p25
- $53,340
- p75
- $79,350
- p10
- $44,730
- p90
- $94,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.