State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: New Hampshire vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In New Hampshire, $71,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
-14%
New Hampshire vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Hampshire
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $71,080
- p25
- $57,090
- p75
- $82,500
- p10
- $47,990
- p90
- $96,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.