State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs New York
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In New York, $63,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 6.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.5%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $67,120
- p25
- $56,040
- p75
- $81,860
- p10
- $47,260
- p90
- $98,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
New York
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $63,030
- p25
- $53,390
- p75
- $79,370
- p10
- $48,720
- p90
- $100,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.