State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Michigan
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Michigan, $59,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 45.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.5%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+26.5%
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%
Michigan
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,440
- p25
- $47,290
- p75
- $75,870
- p10
- $42,380
- p90
- $89,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.