State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Virginia vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Virginia, $67,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $67,660
- p25
- $55,880
- p75
- $83,440
- p10
- $45,700
- p90
- $103,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.