State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Nevada
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Nevada, $66,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.7%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+17.1%
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%
Nevada
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $66,710
- p25
- $56,270
- p75
- $86,640
- p10
- $46,570
- p90
- $94,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.