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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 260,000 jobs for people working as educational counselors. People pursuing jobs in this occupation should expect a low overall unemployment rate.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Government survey data shows that 15% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. Some 6% of educational counselors work primarily as a consultant.
Training and Education
Having a master's degree may make it easier to find a job. Employees with a bachelor's degree or higher are 73% of the total. About 18% of educational counselors have some college education, but do not have a degree. High school was all the education required by 9% of workers to get a job. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
Cities with few jobs per capita for employees are Sebastian (Florida), Wausau (Wisconsin), and Myrtle Beach (South Carolina). The most jobs are found in Yuba City (California), Ithaca (New York), and Monroe (Louisiana).
Within the US, the highest salaries for educational counselors are found in Modesto (California), Cape Coral (Florida), and Ocean City (New Jersey), and the lowest are found in Madera (California), Fort Walton Beach (Florida), and Indianapolis (Indiana).
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Educational Counselors: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Educational Counselors, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Educational Counselors are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Educational Counselors are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 80 $42,980 1.1 Alabama Auburn 150 $46,020 2.2Alabama Birmingham 560 $54,180 0.6 Alabama Decatur 60 $56,630 0.7 Alabama Dothan 50 $51,190 0.5 Alabama Florence 90 $51,750 1.1 Alabama Gadsden 70 $52,360 1.4 Alabama Huntsville 240 $54,950 0.7 Alabama Mobile 200 $43,560 0.6 Alabama Montgomery 310 $48,520 1.1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 120 $38,820 0.8 Alaska Anchorage 320 $54,000 1.2 Arizona Flagstaff 190 $35,950 2.2Arizona Kingman 70 $44,930 0.9 Arizona Phoenix 3,540 $44,130 1.1 Arizona Prescott 150 $37,860 1.5 Arizona Tucson 1,240 $46,030 1.9 Arizona Yuma 120 $47,830 1.2 Arkansas Fayetteville 370 $47,980 1.1 Arkansas Fort Smith 160 $52,200 0.8 Arkansas Hot Springs 90 $45,940 1.6 Arkansas Jonesboro 90 $46,300 1.2 Arkansas Little Rock 610 $55,850 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff 70 $50,660 1.4 California Bakersfield 350 $62,710 0.8 California Chico 240 $61,040 2.2California El Centro 160 $57,080 2California Fresno 720 $47,610 1.2 California Hanford 40 $51,540 0.9 California Madera 120 $47,000 2.2California Merced 170 $58,890 1.9 California Modesto 290 $69,510 1 California Napa 110 $56,030 1.1 California Oakland 1,580 $59,570 0.9 California Oxnard 520 $65,820 1 California Redding 120 $46,680 1.1 California Riverside 2,990 $60,750 1.3 California Sacramento 1,820 $56,430 1.1 California San Diego 3,620 $53,170 1.5 California San Francisco 2,350 $62,180 1.3 California San Jose 1,490 $68,580 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 180 $62,510 1.1 California Santa Ana 2,610 $63,770 0.9 California Santa Barbara 360 $58,150 1.3 California Santa Rosa 220 $62,840 0.7 California Stockton 530 $58,480 1.4 California Vallejo 270 $50,110 1.3 California Visalia 410 $60,780 1.8 California Yuba City 210 $56,790 3.6Colorado Boulder 250 $47,420 0.9 Colorado Colorado Springs 450 $46,700 1 Colorado Denver 1,600 $50,750 0.7 Colorado Fort Collins 230 $46,320 1.1 Colorado Greeley 110 $47,940 0.9 Colorado Pueblo 140 $54,140 1.7 Connecticut Bridgeport 720 $63,740 0.9 Connecticut Hartford 1,040 $51,480 1 Connecticut New Haven 710 $58,830 1.4 Connecticut Norwich 210 $56,670 1 Connecticut Waterbury 120 $62,860 1.1 Delaware Dover 200 $53,780 2.3Delaware Wilmington 700 $53,980 1.2 District of Columbia Washington 4,510 $63,720 1.1 Florida Cape Coral 290 $72,880 0.8 Florida Deltona 250 0.9 Florida Fort Lauderdale 1,160 $52,490 0.9 Florida Fort Walton Beach 160 $43,290 1.3 Florida Gainesville 240 1.2 Florida Jacksonville 1,020 $43,780 0.9 Florida Miami 2,210 $49,740 1.2 Florida Naples 140 0.7 Florida Ocala 140 0.9 Florida Orlando 1,120 $59,840 0.6 Florida Palm Bay 290 0.9 Florida Pensacola 270 $52,940 1.1 Florida Port St Lucie 220 $66,190 1 Florida Sarasota 290 $52,510 0.6 Florida Sebastian 30 $65,000 0.4 Florida Tallahassee 550 $55,540 2 Florida Tampa 1,500 $55,410 0.7 Florida West Palm Beach 780 $52,060 0.8 Georgia Albany 110 $50,950 1.1 Georgia Athens 230 $43,490 1.9 Georgia Atlanta 3,380 $56,250 0.8 Georgia Augusta 340 $58,980 1 Georgia Brunswick 70 $52,920 1.1 Georgia Columbus 160 $58,390 0.9 Georgia Dalton 70 $62,440 0.6 Georgia Gainesville 80 $49,010 0.7 Georgia Hinesville 30 $63,290 1.7 Georgia Macon 170 $47,650 1 Georgia Rome 80 $46,550 1.5 Georgia Savannah 260 $46,250 1 Georgia Valdosta 110 $44,610 1.3 Georgia Warner Robins 90 $64,150 1.2 Hawaii Honolulu 1,130 $53,750 1.5 Idaho Boise 600 $46,480 1.3 Idaho Coeur Dalene 50 $61,090 0.6 Idaho Idaho Falls 70 $48,390 1 Idaho Lewiston 40 $51,130 1.2 Idaho Pocatello 90 $53,190 2Illinois Bloomington 200 $52,840 1.8 Illinois Champaign 190 $54,660 1.2 Illinois Chicago 5,370 $70,420 0.8 Illinois Decatur 80 $50,090 1.1 Illinois Kankakee 50 $66,530 0.9 Illinois Peoria 270 $47,090 0.9 Illinois Rockford 340 $50,560 1.3 Indiana Anderson 80 $39,120 1.3 Indiana Elkhart 120 $45,920 0.6 Indiana Evansville 210 $45,580 0.7 Indiana Fort Wayne 290 $50,850 0.8 Indiana Gary 340 $49,810 0.7 Indiana Indianapolis 3,370 $39,710 2.1Indiana Kokomo 40 $52,180 0.7 Indiana Michigan City 70 $46,220 1.1 Indiana Muncie 150 $36,300 2.1Indiana South Bend 250 $46,610 1.1 Indiana Terre Haute 130 $43,780 1.2 Iowa Ames 90 $42,620 1.6 Iowa Cedar Rapids 180 $44,140 0.8 Iowa Davenport 240 $49,100 0.8 Iowa Des Moines 420 $44,950 0.7 Iowa Dubuque 70 $42,120 0.9 Iowa Iowa City 110 $44,790 1 Iowa Sioux City 80 $41,980 0.7 Iowa Waterloo 80 $43,300 0.6 Kansas Lawrence 120 $47,910 1.7 Kansas Topeka 110 $51,020 0.6 Kansas Wichita 400 $52,100 0.7 Kentucky Bowling Green 110 $44,940 1.2 Kentucky Elizabethtown 70 $63,950 1 Kentucky Lexington 290 $51,320 0.7 Kentucky Louisville 680 $61,790 0.6 Kentucky Owensboro 70 $51,180 0.9 Louisiana Alexandria 160 1.7 Louisiana Baton Rouge 1,530 $48,200 2.3Louisiana Houma 250 $45,100 1.6 Louisiana Lafayette 280 $49,750 1.1 Louisiana Monroe 370 $50,220 2.9Louisiana New Orleans 1,290 $44,720 1.4 Louisiana Shreveport 450 $51,900 1.5 Maine Bangor 130 $42,970 1.3 Maine Lewiston 140 $41,820 1.8 Maine Portland 330 $47,730 0.9 Maryland Baltimore 2,560 $55,550 1.1 Maryland Bethesda 1,260 $66,350 1.2 Maryland Cumberland 80 $52,450 1.5 Maryland Hagerstown 150 $49,110 0.9 Maryland Salisbury 130 $59,720 1.6 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 160 $54,330 1 Massachusetts Boston 3,180 $53,100 1 Massachusetts Brockton 230 $49,060 1.6 Massachusetts Framingham 280 $65,180 1 Massachusetts Haverhill 160 $55,970 1.3 Massachusetts Lawrence 80 $58,380 0.9 Massachusetts Leominster 140 $45,980 1.8 Massachusetts Lowell 190 $65,520 0.9 Massachusetts New Bedford 70 $64,040 0.7 Massachusetts Pittsfield 90 $56,730 1.8 Massachusetts Springfield 720 $53,150 1.4 Massachusetts Taunton 150 $55,760 2.1Massachusetts Worcester 570 $53,510 1.3 Michigan Ann Arbor 200 $67,430 0.7 Michigan Battle Creek 70 $58,050 0.9 Michigan Bay City 90 $51,030 1.7 Michigan Detroit 1,100 $50,870 0.9 Michigan Flint 190 $57,560 0.8 Michigan Grand Rapids 440 $51,330 0.7 Michigan Holland 110 $47,590 0.7 Michigan Jackson 110 $45,030 1.4 Michigan Kalamazoo 200 $49,380 0.9 Michigan Lansing 260 $50,260 0.8 Michigan Monroe 50 $60,490 0.8 Michigan Muskegon 80 $50,890 0.8 Michigan Niles 70 $52,000 0.7 Michigan Saginaw 80 $58,260 0.6 Michigan Warren 1,150 $65,180 0.6 Minnesota Duluth 240 $43,950 1.1 Minnesota Minneapolis 2,190 $49,550 0.7 Minnesota Rochester 200 $40,010 1.3 Minnesota St Cloud 90 $51,070 0.5 Mississippi Gulfport 110 $52,940 0.6 Mississippi Hattiesburg 90 $44,840 1 Mississippi Jackson 480 $46,450 1.1 Mississippi Pascagoula 80 $54,180 1.1 Missouri Columbia 280 $40,880 2.1Missouri Jefferson City 130 $40,810 1.2 Missouri Joplin 150 $42,050 1.1 Missouri Kansas City 1,540 $51,540 0.8 Missouri Springfield 330 $45,890 1 Missouri St Joseph 120 $37,480 1.5 Missouri St Louis 2,400 $51,000 1 Montana Billings 140 $42,600 1.1 Montana Great Falls 130 $36,470 2.5Montana Missoula 60 $43,830 0.7 Nebraska Lincoln 250 $43,380 0.9 Nebraska Omaha 780 $43,770 0.9 Nevada Las Vegas 900 $53,800 0.5 Nevada Reno 320 $52,270 0.9 New Hampshire Manchester 150 $54,410 0.9 New Hampshire Nashua 200 $54,660 0.9 New Hampshire Portsmouth 50 $51,870 0.6 New Hampshire Rochester 100 $52,510 1.1 New Jersey Atlantic City 170 $64,190 0.7 New Jersey Camden 860 $67,800 0.9 New Jersey Edison 1,430 $66,900 0.8 New Jersey Newark 1,690 $72,410 0.9 New Jersey Ocean City 40 $70,630 0.6 New Jersey Trenton 340 $62,630 0.9 New Jersey Vineland 130 $63,550 1.4 New Mexico Albuquerque 520 $57,970 0.8 New Mexico Farmington 100 $47,700 1.2 New Mexico Las Cruces 130 $69,450 1.3 New Mexico Santa Fe 110 $44,920 1.1 New York Albany 1,070 $51,770 1.4 New York Binghamton 260 $54,220 1.5 New York Buffalo 1,270 $53,610 1.3 New York Elmira 120 $48,590 2.3New York Glens Falls 170 $49,050 2.1New York Ithaca 190 $55,180 2.9New York Kingston 160 $62,010 1.7 New York Nassau 2,340 $73,950 1 New York New York 11,270 $62,830 1.2 New York Poughkeepsie 680 $60,210 1.6 New York Rochester 1,290 $51,290 1.4 New York Syracuse 930 $48,990 1.7 New York Utica 320 $50,200 1.5 North Carolina Asheville 250 $43,860 0.8 North Carolina Burlington 90 $44,860 1 North Carolina Charlotte 1,140 $46,950 0.7 North Carolina Durham 280 $47,850 0.6 North Carolina Fayetteville 250 $44,560 1.2 North Carolina Goldsboro 100 $47,490 1.8 North Carolina Greensboro 450 $45,950 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 140 $46,460 1.2 North Carolina Hickory 210 $46,350 0.8 North Carolina Raleigh 640 $48,690 0.7 North Carolina Rocky Mount 110 $44,590 1.2 North Carolina Wilmington 240 $45,250 1 North Carolina Winston Salem 250 $45,280 0.7 North Dakota Bismarck 80 $51,710 0.9 North Dakota Fargo 160 $49,930 0.8 North Dakota Grand Forks 210 $42,590 2.8Ohio Akron 510 $61,720 0.9 Ohio Canton 250 $56,090 0.8 Ohio Cincinnati 1,600 $62,370 0.9 Ohio Cleveland 1,480 $65,760 0.8 Ohio Columbus 1,470 $59,960 0.9 Ohio Dayton 680 $59,240 1 Ohio Lima 80 $50,330 1 Ohio Mansfield 120 $56,780 1.5 Ohio Sandusky 40 $61,760 0.8 Ohio Springfield 100 $45,460 1.4 Ohio Toledo 550 $51,690 1 Ohio Youngstown 450 $49,260 1.1 Oklahoma Lawton 100 $48,190 1.8 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 900 $43,110 0.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 700 $44,250 0.9 Oregon Bend 80 $49,860 0.7 Oregon Corvallis 50 1.1 Oregon Eugene 200 $47,280 0.8 Oregon Medford 110 $53,540 0.8 Oregon Portland 1,510 $50,970 0.8 Oregon Salem 240 $51,600 0.9 Pennsylvania Allentown 660 $51,720 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 90 $44,990 1 Pennsylvania Erie 500 $46,150 2.4Pennsylvania Harrisburg 640 $47,720 1.1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 110 $49,880 1.2 Pennsylvania Lancaster 280 $52,020 0.7 Pennsylvania Lebanon 70 $46,910 1 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,150 $52,690 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 2,080 $50,610 1 Pennsylvania Reading 740 $51,080 2.6Pennsylvania Scranton 420 $48,300 0.9 Pennsylvania Williamsport 70 $63,000 0.9 Pennsylvania York 270 $55,340 0.9 Rhode Island Providence 900 $57,060 0.9 South Carolina Anderson 110 $56,950 1.2 South Carolina Charleston 430 $47,390 0.8 South Carolina Columbia 880 $45,420 1.4 South Carolina Florence 160 $40,900 1.2 South Carolina Greenville 480 $56,650 0.9 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 40 $44,060 0.2 South Carolina Spartanburg 240 $44,720 1.2 South Carolina Sumter 110 $41,340 2.1South Dakota Rapid City 110 $42,310 1.1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 120 $42,310 0.5 Tennessee Chattanooga 310 $45,440 0.8 Tennessee Clarksville 240 $45,450 2 Tennessee Cleveland 90 $41,000 1.7 Tennessee Jackson 100 $44,470 1.1 Tennessee Johnson City 150 $40,840 1.2 Tennessee Kingsport 180 $43,860 0.9 Tennessee Knoxville 430 $44,710 0.7 Tennessee Memphis 920 $43,920 0.8 Tennessee Morristown 100 $40,720 1.4 Tennessee Nashville 1,100 $46,820 0.8 Texas Abilene 140 $43,210 1.4 Texas Amarillo 220 $50,620 1.3 Texas Austin 1,370 $50,370 1 Texas Beaumont 220 $49,950 0.8 Texas Brownsville 510 $53,190 2.5Texas College Station 120 $48,940 1 Texas Corpus Christi 480 $45,320 1.6 Texas Dallas 3,100 $53,500 0.8 Texas El Paso 920 $52,550 2 Texas Fort Worth 1,640 $56,110 1.1 Texas Houston 4,290 $53,570 0.9 Texas Killeen 270 $49,400 1.4 Texas Laredo 270 $56,230 2Texas Longview 130 $49,240 0.8 Texas Lubbock 490 $40,140 2.4Texas Mcallen 770 $53,040 2Texas Midland 70 $50,320 0.7 Texas Odessa 150 1.7 Texas San Angelo 70 $48,640 1.1 Texas San Antonio 1,620 $53,050 1.1 Texas Sherman 70 $48,870 1.2 Texas Texarkana 60 $51,910 0.7 Texas Tyler 150 $44,730 1 Texas Waco 220 $47,330 1.4 Texas Wichita Falls 150 $51,960 1.7 Utah Logan 140 $41,400 2 Utah Ogden 570 $41,360 1.7 Utah Provo 630 $49,780 2.2Utah Salt Lake City 660 $53,300 0.6 Utah St George 90 $45,190 1.2 Vermont Burlington 190 $54,630 1 Virginia Blacksburg 140 $47,090 1.4 Virginia Charlottesville 160 $54,290 1 Virginia Danville 100 $62,580 1.9 Virginia Harrisonburg 160 $57,670 1.9 Virginia Lynchburg 180 $42,860 1.1 Virginia Richmond 930 $54,170 0.9 Virginia Roanoke 180 $54,480 0.7 Virginia Virginia Beach 1,470 $52,800 1.1 Virginia Winchester 110 $48,400 1.3 Washington Bellingham 140 $52,870 1.1 Washington Bremerton 150 $54,090 1.1 Washington Kennewick 160 $57,170 1.1 Washington Longview 70 $51,870 1.4 Washington Mount Vernon 120 $53,610 1.8 Washington Olympia 180 $57,970 1.2 Washington Seattle 1,780 $56,060 0.7 Washington Spokane 380 $50,200 1 Washington Tacoma 540 $56,500 1.1 Washington Wenatchee 110 $43,700 1.8 Washington Yakima 210 $53,930 1.6 West Virginia Charleston 440 $43,150 1.8 West Virginia Huntington 260 $38,020 1.4 West Virginia Morgantown 90 $36,290 1.3 West Virginia Parkersburg 90 $45,350 0.8 West Virginia Weirton 60 $50,570 0.9 West Virginia Wheeling 110 $43,030 1.1 Wisconsin Appleton 160 $61,010 0.8 Wisconsin Eau Claire 100 $51,040 0.8 Wisconsin Fond 60 $52,110 0.9 Wisconsin Green Bay 230 $52,370 0.8 Wisconsin Janesville 80 $57,500 0.8 Wisconsin La Crosse 90 $51,090 0.8 Wisconsin Madison 430 $52,790 0.7 Wisconsin Milwaukee 800 $47,830 0.5 Wisconsin Oshkosh 110 $40,090 0.8 Wisconsin Racine 90 $52,530 0.7 Wisconsin Sheboygan 80 $55,310 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 40 $54,390 0.4 Wyoming Casper 40 $49,750 0.7 Wyoming Cheyenne 90 $51,890 1.4
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