Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Salary in the US
A educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earns a national median of $64,330 a year (mean $71,430) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #369 of 825.
How much does a educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earn in the US?
A educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in the United States earns a median of $64,330 a year (mean $71,430), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 26% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 353,310 people work in this occupation (SOC 21-1012), ranked #369 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$64,330
per year
Mean
$71,430
per year
Employment
353,310
US workers
National rank
#369
of 825 by median
What a educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors (SOC 21-1012) earns a median annual wage of $64,330 and a mean (average) of $71,430. The median is the midpoint — half of educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earn more and half earn less — and is 26% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors is $64,330, and the mean (average) is $71,430. The median is the midpoint — half of educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earn more and half earn less.
- How does educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors pay compare to the US average?
- At $64,330, a educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earns 26% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 353,310 educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors employed nationally (SOC 21-1012), across all industries.
- Where does this educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 21-1012. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 21-1012 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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