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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Philadelphia, PA

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD earns $66,190 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,444 a month.

10th percentile
$48,340
25th percentile
$56,820
Median percentile
$66,190
75th percentile
$86,860
90th percentile
$100,910

Based on 7,050 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

$53,332 take-home a year
Gross pay$66,190
Federal income tax−$5,763
Social Security + Medicare−$5,064
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$2,032
Monthly take-home$4,444
Every two weeks$2,051

Does it go far here?

$64,542Median pay in Philadelphia, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.6 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,480 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Philadelphia, PA

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$452,940
Family Medicine Physicians$294,430
Chief Executives$292,770
Psychiatrists$279,410
Physicians, All Other$245,810
Nurse Anesthetists$238,540
Pediatricians, General$226,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330

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