Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Ithaca, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 230.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Ithaca earn more.
$62,100 in Ithaca buys what $60,100 buys across the country as a whole.
Ithaca's regional price parity is 103.3 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in New York
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Ithaca |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $77,580 | $68,900 | 112.6 | +14.7% |
| Kingston | $76,320 | $75,800 | 100.7 | +26.1% |
| Kiryas Joel | $75,020 | $68,600 | 109.4 | +14.1% |
| Syracuse | $67,870 | $70,900 | 95.7 | +17.9% |
| Albany | $62,920 | $63,200 | 99.6 | +5.1% |
| Glens Falls | $62,220 | $65,600 | 94.9 | +9.1% |
| Ithaca This page | $62,100 | $60,100 | 103.3 | — |
| Binghamton | $62,010 | $66,800 | 92.9 | +11.1% |
Price parity and difference against Ithaca are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 230 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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