State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Oklahoma
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Oklahoma, $46,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 43%.
Nominal pay gap
+43%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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
Oklahoma
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $46,950
- p25
- $40,310
- p75
- $51,620
- p10
- $38,120
- p90
- $67,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.