State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Tennessee, $59,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.5%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $59,960
- p25
- $48,460
- p75
- $69,820
- p10
- $42,410
- p90
- $84,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.