State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Montana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Montana, $57,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 49.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.4%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+27.7%
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%
Montana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $57,900
- p25
- $46,630
- p75
- $79,440
- p10
- $39,180
- p90
- $87,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.