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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Illinois

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Illinois earns $62,420 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,104 a month.

10th percentile
$44,890
25th percentile
$49,720
Median percentile
$62,420
75th percentile
$82,890
90th percentile
$110,580

Based on 13,580 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

$49,245 take-home a year
Gross pay$62,420
Federal income tax−$5,310
Social Security + Medicare−$4,775
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$3,090
Monthly take-home$4,104
Every two weeks$1,894

Does it go far here?

$62,446Median pay in Illinois is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.0 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,274 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Illinois

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$438,010
Chief Executives$331,920
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$293,490
Nurse Anesthetists$286,830
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$284,630
Psychiatrists$258,740
Family Medicine Physicians$245,120
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200

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