State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Missouri vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Missouri, $58,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.8%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $58,040
- p25
- $47,620
- p75
- $65,150
- p10
- $41,890
- p90
- $78,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- 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.