State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Massachusetts, $79,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 3.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.3%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $79,930
- p25
- $65,810
- p75
- $100,580
- p10
- $59,460
- p90
- $117,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.