State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Oklahoma, $52,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.3% — not 37.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.1%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $52,040
- p25
- $45,980
- p75
- $64,430
- p10
- $38,100
- p90
- $81,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.