US Salary Data

May 2025 OEWS estimate

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisor Salary in the United States

The national median annual salary is $64,330. This page compares official BLS estimates across 44 major metro areas with publishable data.

National salary overview

Median annual salary

$64,330

Mean annual salary

$71,430

Employment estimate

353,310

National annual salary percentiles

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisor national annual salary percentilesFive BLS percentile estimates positioned on a zero-based annual salary scale. The median is shown as a square.P10P25P50P75P90$0$104,770
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisor national annual salary percentiles values
PercentileAnnual salary
P10$45,020
P25$51,270
P50$64,330
P75$82,870
P90$104,770
MeasureAnnual salary
10th percentile$45,020
25th percentile$51,270
50th percentile$64,330
75th percentile$82,870
90th percentile$104,770

Highest-paying metros in this dataset

Ranked by annual median salary. This is not a cost-of-living or quality-of-life ranking.

  1. 1. Sacramento, CA$100,930
  2. 2. Riverside, CA$96,780
  3. 3. San Jose, CA$95,390
  4. 4. San Francisco, CA$94,600
  5. 5. Seattle, WA$87,280
  6. 6. Boston, MA$80,760
  7. 7. Los Angeles, CA$79,000
  8. 8. Portland, OR$78,400
  9. 9. New York, NY$77,580
  10. 10. Washington, DC$77,420

Largest employment markets