State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Texas vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Texas, $67,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $67,900
- p25
- $49,770
- p75
- $82,460
- p10
- $42,380
- p90
- $101,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.