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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Dallas, TX

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX earns $76,380 a year, 19% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,214 a month.

10th percentile
$46,340
25th percentile
$56,730
Median percentile
$76,380
75th percentile
$88,710
90th percentile
$105,190

Based on 7,980 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

$62,563 take-home a year
Gross pay$76,380
Federal income tax−$7,974
Social Security + Medicare−$5,843
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$5,214
Every two weeks$2,406

Does it go far here?

$74,091Median pay in Dallas, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,614 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dallas, TX

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$403,340
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,260
Chief Executives$320,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$276,520
Family Medicine Physicians$259,310
Physicians, All Other$222,410
Nurse Anesthetists$218,650
Anesthesiologists$218,060

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