State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Indiana vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Indiana, $59,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,260
- p25
- $47,700
- p75
- $71,860
- p10
- $41,180
- p90
- $82,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.