State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Illinois vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Illinois, $62,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $62,420
- p25
- $49,720
- p75
- $82,890
- p10
- $44,890
- p90
- $110,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.