State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs North Dakota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In North Dakota, $58,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 46.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.7%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+18%
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%
North Dakota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,960
- p25
- $49,870
- p75
- $73,860
- p10
- $46,860
- p90
- $79,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- 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.