State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Utah
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Utah, $61,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.1%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+26%
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%
Utah
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $61,320
- p25
- $48,660
- p75
- $80,610
- p10
- $37,260
- p90
- $101,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.