State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Oregon vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Oregon, $66,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $66,690
- p25
- $59,130
- p75
- $94,430
- p10
- $50,190
- p90
- $119,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.