State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Louisiana vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Louisiana, $61,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.2%
Louisiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $61,870
- p25
- $50,770
- p75
- $75,030
- p10
- $45,340
- p90
- $87,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.