State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Utah vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Utah, $61,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Utah vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $61,320
- p25
- $48,660
- p75
- $80,610
- p10
- $37,260
- p90
- $101,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.