State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Iowa vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Iowa, $56,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.6%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $56,540
- p25
- $48,310
- p75
- $65,820
- p10
- $43,470
- p90
- $77,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +120%
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.