State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Rhode Island
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Rhode Island, $75,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.3%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+6.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $75,000
- p25
- $58,710
- p75
- $90,080
- p10
- $49,100
- p90
- $102,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.