State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Florida vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Florida, $53,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Florida vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-33.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $53,140
- p25
- $46,800
- p75
- $66,800
- p10
- $38,290
- p90
- $82,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.