State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Connecticut vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Connecticut, $73,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 10.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.6%
Connecticut vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $73,910
- p25
- $56,820
- p75
- $95,940
- p10
- $46,510
- p90
- $108,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.