State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Nebraska
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Nebraska, $62,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.4%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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%
Nebraska
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $62,500
- p25
- $48,380
- p75
- $80,180
- p10
- $45,050
- p90
- $100,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.