State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Vermont
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Vermont, $64,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
+34%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
Vermont
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,570
- p25
- $57,720
- p75
- $78,800
- p10
- $50,810
- p90
- $94,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.