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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Atlanta, GA

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA earns $67,730 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,414 a month.

10th percentile
$42,580
25th percentile
$51,500
Median percentile
$67,730
75th percentile
$92,300
90th percentile
$106,190

Based on 6,550 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$52,963 take-home a year
Gross pay$67,730
Federal income tax−$6,071
Social Security + Medicare−$5,181
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$3,515
Monthly take-home$4,414
Every two weeks$2,037

Does it go far here?

$67,691Median pay in Atlanta, GA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.1 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,672 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Atlanta, GA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Chief Executives$275,820
Physicians, All Other$275,080
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Cardiologists$239,200
Anesthesiologists$226,830
Dentists, General$222,690
Air Traffic Controllers$186,640

All educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors salaries · Take-home pay in Georgia