State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In South Dakota, $51,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.3%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-24.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $51,830
- p25
- $46,550
- p75
- $60,080
- p10
- $41,560
- p90
- $65,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.