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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Parkersburg, WV

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV earns $60,420 a year, 6% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,001 a month.

10th percentile
$43,600
25th percentile
$45,510
Median percentile
$60,420
75th percentile
$60,720
90th percentile
$69,390

Based on 50 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

$48,009 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,420
Federal income tax−$5,070
Social Security + Medicare−$4,622
West Virginia income tax (approx.)−$2,719
Monthly take-home$4,001
Every two weeks$1,846

Does it go far here?

$69,396Median pay in Parkersburg, WV is worth this at average US prices (local price level 87.1 vs 100).
20%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($818 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Parkersburg, WV

JobMedian pay
Accountants and Auditors$100,420
General and Operations Managers$81,660
Registered Nurses$79,000
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$47,050
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$40,450
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,100
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,330
Waiters and Waitresses$35,290

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