State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Maryland vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Maryland, $75,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 8.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.3%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $75,820
- p25
- $61,410
- p75
- $97,940
- p10
- $48,460
- p90
- $116,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.