State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Colorado vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Colorado, $64,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.6%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,780
- p25
- $57,640
- p75
- $78,420
- p10
- $48,690
- p90
- $97,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $82,670
- p25
- $65,470
- p75
- $104,690
- p10
- $57,980
- p90
- $125,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.