State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Oklahoma
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Oklahoma, $52,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 66.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.2%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+31.8%
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%
Oklahoma
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $52,040
- p25
- $45,980
- p75
- $64,430
- p10
- $38,100
- p90
- $81,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.