State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Washington vs Wyoming
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Wyoming, $63,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 30.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.3%
Washington vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Wyoming
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $63,430
- p25
- $57,730
- p75
- $74,840
- p10
- $49,440
- p90
- $91,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.