Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Salary

Median Salary
$64,330
per year
Hourly Rate
$30.93
per hour
Employment
353,310
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$45,020
25th percentile
$51,270
Median
$64,330
75th percentile
$82,870
90th percentile
$104,770

💰 Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
California$86,500+34.5%
Alaska$82,900+28.9%
Washington$82,670+28.5%
District of Columbia$80,470+25.1%
Massachusetts$79,930+24.2%
New Jersey$77,910+21.1%
New Mexico$77,880+21.1%
Maryland$75,820+17.9%
Rhode Island$75,000+16.6%
Delaware$74,070+15.1%
Connecticut$73,910+14.9%
New York$71,610+11.3%
New Hampshire$71,080+10.5%
Texas$67,900+5.5%
Virginia$67,660+5.2%
Nevada$66,710+3.7%
Oregon$66,690+3.7%
Colorado$64,780+0.7%
Minnesota$64,600+0.4%
Vermont$64,570+0.4%
Kentucky$64,350+0.0%
Georgia$63,720-0.9%
Wyoming$63,430-1.4%
Wisconsin$62,690-2.5%
Nebraska$62,500-2.8%
Illinois$62,420-3.0%
Louisiana$61,870-3.8%
Ohio$61,760-4.0%
Hawaii$61,730-4.0%
Utah$61,320-4.7%
Pennsylvania$60,880-5.4%
South Carolina$60,340-6.2%
Idaho$60,320-6.2%
Tennessee$59,960-6.8%
Arkansas$59,770-7.1%
Alabama$59,570-7.4%
Michigan$59,440-7.6%
Indiana$59,260-7.9%
North Dakota$58,960-8.3%
Mississippi$58,710-8.7%
Maine$58,630-8.9%
Arizona$58,250-9.5%
Missouri$58,040-9.8%
Montana$57,900-10.0%
North Carolina$57,630-10.4%
Kansas$56,590-12.0%
Iowa$56,540-12.1%
West Virginia$55,520-13.7%
Florida$53,140-17.4%
Oklahoma$52,040-19.1%
South Dakota$51,830-19.4%

🏙️ Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
El Centro, CA$141,760+120.4%
Grand Island, NE$109,480+70.2%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$102,650+59.6%
Odessa, TX$101,810+58.3%
Yuba City, CA$101,350+57.5%
Fresno, CA$101,280+57.4%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$100,930+56.9%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$100,790+56.7%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$100,390+56.1%
Salinas, CA$100,360+56.0%
Napa, CA$99,900+55.3%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$99,330+54.4%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$98,480+53.1%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$97,700+51.9%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$96,780+50.4%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$96,780+50.4%
Visalia, CA$96,720+50.3%
Yakima, WA$96,370+49.8%
Chico, CA$96,080+49.4%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$95,390+48.3%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$94,600+47.1%
Modesto, CA$94,370+46.7%
Vallejo, CA$91,670+42.5%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$88,900+38.2%
Casper, WY$88,180+37.1%
Lake Charles, LA$87,940+36.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$87,280+35.7%
Eagle Pass, TX$86,520+34.5%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$86,500+34.5%
Victoria, TX$84,430+31.2%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$83,520+29.8%
Midland, TX$83,300+29.5%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$83,050+29.1%
Merced, CA$83,020+29.1%
Anchorage, AK$82,900+28.9%
Elizabethtown, KY$82,770+28.7%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$82,300+27.9%
Bend, OR$82,020+27.5%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$81,380+26.5%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$80,840+25.7%
Barnstable Town, MA$80,820+25.6%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$80,760+25.5%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$80,740+25.5%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$80,390+25.0%
Fairbanks-College, AK$80,220+24.7%
Billings, MT$80,140+24.6%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$79,840+24.1%
Albuquerque, NM$79,180+23.1%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,000+22.8%
Springfield, MA$78,870+22.6%
Longview-Kelso, WA$78,490+22.0%
Farmington, NM$78,440+21.9%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$78,400+21.9%
Worcester, MA$78,040+21.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$77,580+20.6%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$77,420+20.3%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$77,320+20.2%
Lexington Park, MD$76,730+19.3%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$76,680+19.2%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$76,380+18.7%
York-Hanover, PA$76,360+18.7%
Kingston, NY$76,320+18.6%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$75,990+18.1%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$75,930+18.0%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$75,920+18.0%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$75,910+18.0%
Pittsfield, MA$75,630+17.6%
Salem, OR$75,510+17.4%
Santa Fe, NM$75,400+17.2%
Winchester, VA-WV$75,220+16.9%
Boulder, CO$75,030+16.6%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$75,020+16.6%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$74,990+16.6%
Bloomington, IN$74,940+16.5%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$74,740+16.2%
Dover, DE$74,620+16.0%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$74,360+15.6%
Chambersburg, PA$74,290+15.5%
Hinesville, GA$73,920+14.9%
New Haven, CT$73,910+14.9%
Albany, OR$73,650+14.5%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$73,590+14.4%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$73,590+14.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$72,910+13.3%
Killeen-Temple, TX$72,800+13.2%
Tyler, TX$72,770+13.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$72,520+12.7%
Monroe, LA$72,420+12.6%
Decatur, AL$72,380+12.5%
Dalton, GA$71,840+11.7%
Medford, OR$71,340+10.9%
Gettysburg, PA$71,270+10.8%
El Paso, TX$70,810+10.1%
Minot, ND$70,390+9.4%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$69,840+8.6%
Bellingham, WA$69,800+8.5%
Carson City, NV$69,690+8.3%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$69,200+7.6%
Helena, MT$69,040+7.3%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$68,450+6.4%
Wichita Falls, TX$68,440+6.4%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$68,280+6.1%
Lubbock, TX$67,900+5.5%
Syracuse, NY$67,870+5.5%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$67,730+5.3%
Richmond, VA$67,620+5.1%
Vineland, NJ$67,620+5.1%
Madison, WI$67,510+4.9%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$67,200+4.5%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$67,180+4.4%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$67,080+4.3%
Kenosha, WI$66,700+3.7%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$66,610+3.5%
Rochester, MN$66,570+3.5%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$66,270+3.0%
Reno, NV$66,210+2.9%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$66,190+2.9%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$66,000+2.6%
Sandusky, OH$65,990+2.6%
Hot Springs, AR$65,790+2.3%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$65,720+2.2%
Sherman-Denison, TX$65,660+2.1%
Waco, TX$65,630+2.0%
Omaha, NE-IA$65,330+1.6%
Bowling Green, KY$65,310+1.5%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$65,290+1.5%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$65,230+1.4%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$65,090+1.2%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$65,020+1.1%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$65,020+1.1%
St. Cloud, MN$64,910+0.9%
Walla Walla, WA$64,900+0.9%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$64,730+0.6%
Longview, TX$64,680+0.5%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$64,630+0.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,600+0.4%
Paducah, KY-IL$64,350+0.0%
Ocala, FL$64,310-0.0%
Ogden, UT$64,240-0.1%
Logan, UT-ID$63,900-0.7%
Cheyenne, WY$63,760-0.9%
Amarillo, TX$63,660-1.0%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$63,660-1.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$63,590-1.2%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$63,500-1.3%
Canton-Massillon, OH$63,470-1.3%
Charlottesville, VA$63,330-1.6%
Green Bay, WI$63,240-1.7%
Corpus Christi, TX$63,220-1.7%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$63,080-1.9%
Birmingham, AL$63,020-2.0%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$62,970-2.1%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$62,920-2.2%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$62,920-2.2%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$62,840-2.3%
Cleveland, TN$62,820-2.3%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$62,740-2.5%
Ann Arbor, MI$62,710-2.5%
Colorado Springs, CO$62,640-2.6%
Rockford, IL$62,610-2.7%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$62,600-2.7%
Virgin Islands$62,470-2.9%
Mankato, MN$62,440-2.9%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$62,270-3.2%
Glens Falls, NY$62,220-3.3%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$62,140-3.4%
Ithaca, NY$62,100-3.5%
Columbus, OH$62,080-3.5%
Altoona, PA$62,060-3.5%
Binghamton, NY$62,010-3.6%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$62,000-3.6%
Spartanburg, SC$61,980-3.7%
Bismarck, ND$61,970-3.7%
Topeka, KS$61,960-3.7%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$61,940-3.7%
Appleton, WI$61,890-3.8%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$61,870-3.8%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$61,830-3.9%
Traverse City, MI$61,780-4.0%
Sheboygan, WI$61,760-4.0%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$61,670-4.1%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$61,660-4.2%
Texarkana, TX-AR$61,650-4.2%
Cleveland, OH$61,620-4.2%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$61,600-4.2%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$61,600-4.2%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$61,580-4.3%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$61,570-4.3%
Lebanon, PA$61,490-4.4%
Utica-Rome, NY$61,420-4.5%
Akron, OH$61,330-4.7%
Roanoke, VA$61,270-4.8%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$61,270-4.8%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$61,240-4.8%
Battle Creek, MI$61,200-4.9%
Portland-South Portland, ME$61,130-5.0%
Great Falls, MT$61,110-5.0%
Huntsville, AL$61,070-5.1%
Urban Honolulu, HI$61,030-5.1%
Boise City, ID$60,990-5.2%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$60,980-5.2%
Owensboro, KY$60,970-5.2%
Reading, PA$60,960-5.2%
Salisbury, MD$60,860-5.4%
Corvallis, OR$60,830-5.4%
Greeley, CO$60,820-5.5%
Kansas City, MO-KS$60,820-5.5%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$60,790-5.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$60,760-5.5%
Lawton, OK$60,750-5.6%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$60,740-5.6%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$60,730-5.6%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$60,690-5.7%
Rochester, NY$60,670-5.7%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,650-5.7%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$60,550-5.9%
Pueblo, CO$60,540-5.9%
San Angelo, TX$60,530-5.9%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$60,520-5.9%
Lafayette, LA$60,450-6.0%
Grand Junction, CO$60,430-6.1%
Laredo, TX$60,430-6.1%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$60,420-6.1%
Gainesville, GA$60,400-6.1%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$60,350-6.2%
Lancaster, PA$60,220-6.4%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$60,160-6.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL$60,160-6.5%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$60,120-6.5%
Columbia, SC$60,070-6.6%
Harrisonburg, VA$60,010-6.7%
Iowa City, IA$59,850-7.0%
Lima, OH$59,790-7.1%
Sebring, FL$59,790-7.1%
Saginaw, MI$59,720-7.2%
Fort Wayne, IN$59,580-7.4%
Pittsburgh, PA$59,560-7.4%
Twin Falls, ID$59,540-7.4%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$59,530-7.5%
Lewiston, ID-WA$59,530-7.5%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$59,520-7.5%
Peoria, IL$59,510-7.5%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$59,500-7.5%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$59,470-7.6%
Hammond, LA$59,430-7.6%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$59,380-7.7%
Duluth, MN-WI$59,280-7.9%
Sumter, SC$59,270-7.9%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$59,220-7.9%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$59,200-8.0%
Burlington, NC$59,190-8.0%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$59,180-8.0%
Columbus, GA-AL$59,120-8.1%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$59,090-8.1%
Dothan, AL$59,070-8.2%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$59,060-8.2%
Lynchburg, VA$58,990-8.3%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$58,960-8.3%
Idaho Falls, ID$58,950-8.4%
Redding, CA$58,890-8.5%
Alexandria, LA$58,810-8.6%
Cedar Rapids, IA$58,800-8.6%
Toledo, OH$58,770-8.6%
Eau Claire, WI$58,730-8.7%
Knoxville, TN$58,640-8.8%
Jackson, MS$58,620-8.9%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$58,590-8.9%
Fond du Lac, WI$58,520-9.0%
Warner Robins, GA$58,470-9.1%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$58,460-9.1%
Florence, SC$58,460-9.1%
Williamsport, PA$58,430-9.2%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$58,380-9.2%
Wausau, WI$58,350-9.3%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$58,320-9.3%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$58,320-9.3%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$58,250-9.5%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$58,230-9.5%
Mansfield, OH$58,050-9.8%
Abilene, TX$58,000-9.8%
Beckley, WV$57,970-9.9%
Baton Rouge, LA$57,930-9.9%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$57,890-10.0%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$57,880-10.0%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$57,870-10.0%
Mobile, AL$57,800-10.2%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$57,790-10.2%
Bozeman, MT$57,670-10.4%
Port St. Lucie, FL$57,600-10.5%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$57,580-10.5%
Fayetteville, NC$57,580-10.5%
Erie, PA$57,430-10.7%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$57,400-10.8%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$57,360-10.8%
Arecibo, PR$57,330-10.9%
Savannah, GA$57,320-10.9%
Springfield, IL$57,210-11.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$57,200-11.1%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$57,160-11.1%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$57,110-11.2%
Goldsboro, NC$57,000-11.4%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$56,930-11.5%
State College, PA$56,930-11.5%
Montgomery, AL$56,840-11.6%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$56,760-11.8%
Bay City, MI$56,690-11.9%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$56,660-11.9%
Wichita, KS$56,590-12.0%
Monroe, MI$56,460-12.2%
Springfield, OH$56,370-12.4%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$56,340-12.4%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$56,230-12.6%
Gadsden, AL$56,140-12.7%
St. George, UT$56,120-12.8%
Elmira, NY$56,060-12.9%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$56,060-12.9%
Rapid City, SD$56,040-12.9%
Jacksonville, NC$55,970-13.0%
Wilmington, NC$55,890-13.1%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$55,870-13.2%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$55,830-13.2%
Winston-Salem, NC$55,790-13.3%
Asheville, NC$55,700-13.4%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$55,520-13.7%
Jacksonville, FL$55,520-13.7%
Jefferson City, MO$55,520-13.7%
Lincoln, NE$55,510-13.7%
Jackson, TN$55,400-13.9%
Midland, MI$55,120-14.3%
Tucson, AZ$54,930-14.6%
Kankakee, IL$54,860-14.7%
Albany, GA$54,500-15.3%
Greenville, NC$54,480-15.3%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$53,840-16.3%
Rome, GA$53,780-16.4%
Springfield, MO$53,720-16.5%
Tulsa, OK$53,660-16.6%
Aguadilla, PR$53,580-16.7%
Hattiesburg, MS$53,430-16.9%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$53,220-17.3%
Ponce, PR$53,140-17.4%
Puerto Rico$53,000-17.6%
Fargo, ND-MN$52,960-17.7%
Terre Haute, IN$52,910-17.8%
Mayaguez, PR$52,860-17.8%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$52,860-17.8%
Oklahoma City, OK$52,810-17.9%
Evansville, IN$52,740-18.0%
Las Cruces, NM$52,720-18.0%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$52,480-18.4%
Jonesboro, AR$52,420-18.5%
Flagstaff, AZ$52,410-18.5%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$52,270-18.7%
Rocky Mount, NC$52,270-18.7%
Wheeling, WV-OH$52,270-18.7%
Yuma, AZ$52,090-19.0%
Bloomington, IL$51,820-19.4%
Manhattan, KS$51,720-19.6%
Bangor, ME$51,670-19.7%
Columbia, MO$51,260-20.3%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$51,060-20.6%
Joplin, MO-KS$51,040-20.7%
Missoula, MT$50,860-20.9%
Lawrence, KS$50,850-21.0%
Decatur, IL$50,290-21.8%
Ames, IA$50,260-21.9%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,960-22.3%
Charleston, WV$49,900-22.4%
Kokomo, IN$49,660-22.8%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$49,490-23.1%
College Station-Bryan, TX$49,420-23.2%
Johnstown, PA$49,370-23.3%
Valdosta, GA$49,330-23.3%
Niles, MI$49,240-23.5%
Dubuque, IA$49,150-23.6%
Jackson, MI$48,870-24.0%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$48,840-24.1%
Morristown, TN$48,760-24.2%
Flint, MI$48,500-24.6%
Tuscaloosa, AL$47,800-25.7%
Morgantown, WV$47,720-25.8%
Muncie, IN$47,700-25.9%
Gainesville, FL$47,600-26.0%
Tallahassee, FL$46,900-27.1%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$46,640-27.5%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$46,270-28.1%
Enid, OK$45,780-28.8%
Johnson City, TN$45,250-29.7%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.