State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: California vs Wyoming
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in California earn a median of $86,500. In Wyoming, $63,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.4%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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%
Wyoming
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $63,430
- p25
- $57,730
- p75
- $74,840
- p10
- $49,440
- p90
- $91,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.