State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs West Virginia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In West Virginia, $55,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 55.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.8%
California vs West Virginia
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%
West Virginia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $55,520
- p25
- $44,700
- p75
- $62,220
- p10
- $37,940
- p90
- $73,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.