Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary
The median pay for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in the United States is $64,330 a year. About 353,310 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $45,020
- 25th percentile
- $51,270
- Median percentile
- $64,330
- 75th percentile
- $82,870
- 90th percentile
- $104,770
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- California $86,500
- Alaska $82,900
- Washington $82,670
- District of Columbia $80,470
- Massachusetts $79,930
- New Jersey $77,910
- New Mexico $77,880
- Maryland $75,820
- Rhode Island $75,000
- Delaware $74,070
- Connecticut $73,910
- New York $71,610
- New Hampshire $71,080
- Texas $67,900
- Virginia $67,660
- Nevada $66,710
- Oregon $66,690
- Colorado $64,780
- Minnesota $64,600
- Vermont $64,570
- Kentucky $64,350
- Georgia $63,720
- Wyoming $63,430
- Wisconsin $62,690
- Nebraska $62,500
- Illinois $62,420
- Louisiana $61,870
- Ohio $61,760
- Hawaii $61,730
- Utah $61,320
- Pennsylvania $60,880
- South Carolina $60,340
- Idaho $60,320
- Tennessee $59,960
- Arkansas $59,770
- Alabama $59,570
- Michigan $59,440
- Indiana $59,260
- North Dakota $58,960
- Mississippi $58,710
- Maine $58,630
- Arizona $58,250
- Missouri $58,040
- Montana $57,900
- North Carolina $57,630
- Kansas $56,590
- Iowa $56,540
- West Virginia $55,520
- Florida $53,140
- Oklahoma $52,040
- South Dakota $51,830
By metro area
- El Centro, CA $141,760
- Grand Island, NE $109,480
- Bremerton, WA $102,650
- Odessa, TX $101,810
- Yuba City, CA $101,350
- Fresno, CA $101,280
- Sacramento, CA $100,930
- Oxnard, CA $100,790
- Hanford, CA $100,390
- Salinas, CA $100,360
- Napa, CA $99,900
- San Luis Obispo, CA $99,330
- Santa Rosa, CA $98,480
- Bakersfield, CA $97,700
- Mount Vernon, WA $96,780
- Riverside, CA $96,780
- Visalia, CA $96,720
- Yakima, WA $96,370
- Chico, CA $96,080
- San Jose, CA $95,390
- San Francisco, CA $94,600
- Modesto, CA $94,370
- Vallejo, CA $91,670
- Kennewick, WA $88,900
- Casper, WY $88,180
- Lake Charles, LA $87,940
- Seattle, WA $87,280
- Eagle Pass, TX $86,520
- Santa Maria, CA $86,500
- Victoria, TX $84,430
- San Diego, CA $83,520
- Midland, TX $83,300
- Olympia, WA $83,050
- Merced, CA $83,020
- Anchorage, AK $82,900
- Elizabethtown, KY $82,770
- Wenatchee, WA $82,300
- Bend, OR $82,020
- Naples, FL $81,380
- Sebastian, FL $80,840
- Barnstable Town, MA $80,820
- Boston, MA $80,760
- Brunswick, GA $80,740
- McAllen, TX $80,390
- Fairbanks, AK $80,220
- Billings, MT $80,140
- Stockton, CA $79,840
- Albuquerque, NM $79,180
- Los Angeles, CA $79,000
- Springfield, MA $78,870
- Longview, WA $78,490
- Farmington, NM $78,440
- Portland, OR $78,400
- Worcester, MA $78,040
- New York, NY $77,580
- Washington, DC $77,420
- Trenton, NJ $77,320
- Lexington Park, MD $76,730
- Bridgeport, CT $76,680
- Dallas, TX $76,380
- York, PA $76,360
- Kingston, NY $76,320
- Spokane, WA $75,990
- Houston, TX $75,930
- Atlantic City, NJ $75,920
- Providence, RI $75,910
- Pittsfield, MA $75,630
- Salem, OR $75,510
- Santa Fe, NM $75,400
- Winchester, VA $75,220
- Boulder, CO $75,030
- Kiryas Joel, NY $75,020
- Santa Cruz, CA $74,990
- Bloomington, IN $74,940
- Baltimore, MD $74,740
- Dover, DE $74,620
- Hartford, CT $74,360
- Chambersburg, PA $74,290
- Hinesville, GA $73,920
- New Haven, CT $73,910
- Albany, OR $73,650
- Kahului, HI $73,590
- Norwich, CT $73,590
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $72,910
- Killeen, TX $72,800
- Tyler, TX $72,770
- Brownsville, TX $72,520
- Monroe, LA $72,420
- Decatur, AL $72,380
- Dalton, GA $71,840
- Medford, OR $71,340
- Gettysburg, PA $71,270
- El Paso, TX $70,810
- Minot, ND $70,390
- Virginia Beach, VA $69,840
- Bellingham, WA $69,800
- Carson City, NV $69,690
- Hilton Head Island, SC $69,200
- Helena, MT $69,040
- Las Vegas, NV $68,450
- Wichita Falls, TX $68,440
- Lansing, MI $68,280
- Lubbock, TX $67,900
- Syracuse, NY $67,870
- Atlanta, GA $67,730
- Richmond, VA $67,620
- Vineland, NJ $67,620
- Madison, WI $67,510
- Panama City, FL $67,200
- Amherst Town, MA $67,180
- Denver, CO $67,080
- Kenosha, WI $66,700
- Shreveport, LA $66,610
- Rochester, MN $66,570
- Fort Smith, AR $66,270
- Reno, NV $66,210
- Philadelphia, PA $66,190
- Beaumont, TX $66,000
- Sandusky, OH $65,990
- Hot Springs, AR $65,790