State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Mississippi
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Mississippi, $58,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 47.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.3%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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%
Mississippi
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,710
- p25
- $46,430
- p75
- $66,220
- p10
- $38,580
- p90
- $76,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- 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.