State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Mississippi
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Mississippi, $45,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 45.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.9%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
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
Mississippi
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $45,990
- p25
- $37,070
- p75
- $48,730
- p10
- $32,020
- p90
- $57,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.