State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Maine vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Maine, $58,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.1%
Maine vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,630
- p25
- $49,270
- p75
- $74,330
- p10
- $45,300
- p90
- $82,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.