State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs New Jersey
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In New Jersey, $77,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
+11%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+9.1%
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%
New Jersey
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $77,910
- p25
- $64,160
- p75
- $98,490
- p10
- $57,850
- p90
- $108,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.