State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: New York vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In New York, $71,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.4%
New York vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $71,610
- p25
- $57,550
- p75
- $93,540
- p10
- $46,100
- p90
- $123,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.