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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Seattle, WA

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA earns $87,280 a year, 36% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,853 a month.

10th percentile
$61,570
25th percentile
$73,620
Median percentile
$87,280
75th percentile
$104,760
90th percentile
$129,050

Based on 3,570 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

$70,231 take-home a year
Gross pay$87,280
Federal income tax−$10,372
Social Security + Medicare−$6,677
Washington income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$5,853
Every two weeks$2,701

Does it go far here?

$78,537Median pay in Seattle, WA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 111.1 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,000 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Seattle, WA

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$646,930
Chief Executives$370,000
General Internal Medicine Physicians$340,010
Physicians, All Other$330,560
Family Medicine Physicians$306,190
Radiologists$239,200
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$229,900
Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,680

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