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

The median educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Virginia earns $67,660 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,392 a month.

10th percentile
$45,700
25th percentile
$55,880
Median percentile
$67,660
75th percentile
$83,440
90th percentile
$103,380

Based on 9,450 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

$52,708 take-home a year
Gross pay$67,660
Federal income tax−$6,055
Social Security + Medicare−$5,176
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$3,721
Monthly take-home$4,392
Every two weeks$2,027

Does it go far here?

$66,921Median pay in Virginia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 101.1 vs 100).
36%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,579 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Virginia

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$461,450
Chief Executives$310,740
Physicians, All Other$278,530
Nurse Anesthetists$252,110
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Family Medicine Physicians$222,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers$201,490
Dentists, General$197,110

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