State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In New Jersey, $77,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 5.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.8%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $77,910
- p25
- $64,160
- p75
- $98,490
- p10
- $57,850
- p90
- $108,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.