State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Vermont vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Vermont, $64,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
Vermont vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Vermont
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $64,570
- p25
- $57,720
- p75
- $78,800
- p10
- $50,810
- p90
- $94,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.