State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Georgia vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Georgia, $63,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $63,720
- p25
- $49,000
- p75
- $79,140
- p10
- $42,040
- p90
- $101,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.