State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In South Carolina, $60,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $60,340
- p25
- $47,970
- p75
- $75,780
- p10
- $39,800
- p90
- $86,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.