State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Minnesota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Minnesota, $64,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.9%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+19.3%
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%
Minnesota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,600
- p25
- $57,390
- p75
- $78,100
- p10
- $47,870
- p90
- $94,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.