State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs New York
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In New York, $71,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.8%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+17.7%
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 York
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $71,610
- p25
- $57,550
- p75
- $93,540
- p10
- $46,100
- p90
- $123,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.