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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Baltimore, MD

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earns $74,740 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,744 a month.

10th percentile
$48,200
25th percentile
$61,030
Median percentile
$74,740
75th percentile
$96,740
90th percentile
$106,320

Based on 3,100 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

$56,925 take-home a year
Gross pay$74,740
Federal income tax−$7,613
Social Security + Medicare−$5,718
Maryland income tax (approx.)−$4,484
Monthly take-home$4,744
Every two weeks$2,189

Does it go far here?

$71,530Median pay in Baltimore, MD is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.5 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,611 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Baltimore, MD

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$322,890
Family Medicine Physicians$307,400
Chief Executives$268,030
Physicians, All Other$218,770
Dentists, General$172,110
Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,350
Aerospace Engineers$166,980

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