State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Montana vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Montana, $57,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Montana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $57,900
- p25
- $46,630
- p75
- $79,440
- p10
- $39,180
- p90
- $87,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.