State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Pennsylvania, $60,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.1%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+25.3%
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%
Pennsylvania
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $60,880
- p25
- $51,160
- p75
- $78,460
- p10
- $46,200
- p90
- $97,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +29%
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.