State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Wisconsin
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Wisconsin, $62,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
+38%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+17.3%
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%
Wisconsin
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $62,690
- p25
- $54,010
- p75
- $77,080
- p10
- $47,470
- p90
- $86,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.