State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Oregon
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Oregon, $66,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.7%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+21.2%
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%
Oregon
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $66,690
- p25
- $59,130
- p75
- $94,430
- p10
- $50,190
- p90
- $119,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.