State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs New Mexico
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In New Mexico, $77,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.1%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-7.5%
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 Mexico
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $77,880
- p25
- $54,110
- p75
- $87,190
- p10
- $46,660
- p90
- $103,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- 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.