State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: District of Columbia vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In District of Columbia, $80,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 2.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.7%
District of Columbia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $80,470
- p25
- $61,710
- p75
- $103,030
- p10
- $50,900
- p90
- $113,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.