State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Nebraska, $62,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $62,500
- p25
- $48,380
- p75
- $80,180
- p10
- $45,050
- p90
- $100,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.