State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Mississippi, $58,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
-29%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,710
- p25
- $46,430
- p75
- $66,220
- p10
- $38,580
- p90
- $76,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- 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.