State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Pennsylvania, $58,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.1%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+1.5%
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
Pennsylvania
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $58,330
- p25
- $47,160
- p75
- $70,700
- p10
- $41,100
- p90
- $82,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.