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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Staunton, VA

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA earns $63,660 a year, 1% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,152 a month.

10th percentile
$43,700
25th percentile
$47,780
Median percentile
$63,660
75th percentile
$79,980
90th percentile
$91,250

Based on 110 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

$49,830 take-home a year
Gross pay$63,660
Federal income tax−$5,459
Social Security + Medicare−$4,870
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$3,501
Monthly take-home$4,152
Every two weeks$1,917

Does it go far here?

$69,858Median pay in Staunton, VA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.1 vs 100).
26%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,068 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Staunton, VA

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$96,450
Registered Nurses$92,390
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,680
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,200
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,750
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$47,310
Office Clerks, General$43,630
Nursing Assistants$42,490

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