Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
United States. Estimated employment 353,310, with pages for 25 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 21-1012
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$64,330 · 50th
$45,02010th
$51,27025th
$64,33050th
$82,87075th
$104,77090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| El Centro, CA | $141,760 | 200 |
| Yuba City, CA | $101,350 | 140 |
| Fresno, CA | $101,280 | 1,210 |
| Sacramento, CA | $100,930 | 2,730 |
| Oxnard, CA | $100,790 | 690 |
| Hanford, CA | $100,390 | 110 |
| Salinas, CA | $100,360 | 400 |
| Napa, CA | $99,900 | 120 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $79,000 | 17,110 |
| New York, NY | $77,580 | 19,890 |
| Kingston, NY | $76,320 | 170 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $75,020 | 720 |
| Syracuse, NY | $67,870 | 1,020 |
| Chicago, IL | $64,730 | 9,790 |
| Albany, NY | $62,920 | 1,240 |
| Rockford, IL | $62,610 | 250 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $62,220 | 100 |
| Ithaca, NY | $62,100 | 230 |
| Binghamton, NY | $62,010 | 290 |
| Peoria, IL | $59,510 | 280 |
| Champaign, IL | $58,230 | 620 |
| Springfield, IL | $57,210 | 190 |
| Kankakee, IL | $54,860 | 100 |
| Bloomington, IL | $51,820 | 290 |
| Decatur, IL | $50,290 | 100 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 353,310 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 21-1012, Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors. Mapped to our taxonomy as educational-guidance-and-career-counselors-and-advisors.
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