State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Missouri
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Missouri, $58,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
+49%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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%
Missouri
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,040
- p25
- $47,620
- p75
- $65,150
- p10
- $41,890
- p90
- $78,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.