State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Rhode Island, $75,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.3%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $75,000
- p25
- $58,710
- p75
- $90,080
- p10
- $49,100
- p90
- $102,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.