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Educational Counselors

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 260,000 people work as educational counselors. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 15% of the total in 2008. Educational counselors who work for themselves represent about 6% of the total.

Training and Education

A master's degree is useful when pursuing this career. Among employees, 73% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 18% of people working as educational counselors went to college but did not obtain a degree. 9% of workers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. 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

Finding jobs for employees may be easier in Yuba City (California), Ithaca (New York), and Monroe (Louisiana), and the most challenging in Sebastian (Florida), Wausau (Wisconsin), and Myrtle Beach (South Carolina).

The pay for these jobs is highest in Modesto (California), Cape Coral (Florida), and Ocean City (New Jersey) and lowest 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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston80$42,9801.1
AlabamaAuburn150$46,020 2.2
AlabamaBirmingham560$54,1800.6
AlabamaDecatur60$56,6300.7
AlabamaDothan50$51,1900.5
AlabamaFlorence90$51,7501.1
AlabamaGadsden70$52,3601.4
AlabamaHuntsville240$54,9500.7
AlabamaMobile200$43,5600.6
AlabamaMontgomery310$48,5201.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa120$38,8200.8
AlaskaAnchorage320$54,0001.2
ArizonaFlagstaff190$35,950 2.2
ArizonaKingman70$44,9300.9
ArizonaPhoenix3,540$44,1301.1
ArizonaPrescott150$37,8601.5
ArizonaTucson1,240$46,0301.9
ArizonaYuma120$47,8301.2
ArkansasFayetteville370$47,9801.1
ArkansasFort Smith160$52,2000.8
ArkansasHot Springs90$45,9401.6
ArkansasJonesboro90$46,3001.2
ArkansasLittle Rock610$55,8501
ArkansasPine Bluff70$50,6601.4
CaliforniaBakersfield350$62,7100.8
CaliforniaChico240$61,040 2.2
CaliforniaEl Centro160$57,080 2
CaliforniaFresno720$47,6101.2
CaliforniaHanford40$51,5400.9
CaliforniaMadera120$47,000 2.2
CaliforniaMerced170$58,8901.9
CaliforniaModesto290$69,5101
CaliforniaNapa110$56,0301.1
CaliforniaOakland1,580$59,5700.9
CaliforniaOxnard520$65,8201
CaliforniaRedding120$46,6801.1
CaliforniaRiverside2,990$60,7501.3
CaliforniaSacramento1,820$56,4301.1
CaliforniaSan Diego3,620$53,1701.5
CaliforniaSan Francisco2,350$62,1801.3
CaliforniaSan Jose1,490$68,5800.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo180$62,5101.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana2,610$63,7700.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara360$58,1501.3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa220$62,8400.7
CaliforniaStockton530$58,4801.4
CaliforniaVallejo270$50,1101.3
CaliforniaVisalia410$60,7801.8
CaliforniaYuba City210$56,790 3.6
ColoradoBoulder250$47,4200.9
ColoradoColorado Springs450$46,7001
ColoradoDenver1,600$50,7500.7
ColoradoFort Collins230$46,3201.1
ColoradoGreeley110$47,9400.9
ColoradoPueblo140$54,1401.7
ConnecticutBridgeport720$63,7400.9
ConnecticutHartford1,040$51,4801
ConnecticutNew Haven710$58,8301.4
ConnecticutNorwich210$56,6701
ConnecticutWaterbury120$62,8601.1
DelawareDover200$53,780 2.3
DelawareWilmington700$53,9801.2
District of ColumbiaWashington4,510$63,7201.1
FloridaCape Coral290$72,8800.8
FloridaDeltona250 0.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,160$52,4900.9
FloridaFort Walton Beach160$43,2901.3
FloridaGainesville240 1.2
FloridaJacksonville1,020$43,7800.9
FloridaMiami2,210$49,7401.2
FloridaNaples140 0.7
FloridaOcala140 0.9
FloridaOrlando1,120$59,8400.6
FloridaPalm Bay290 0.9
FloridaPensacola270$52,9401.1
FloridaPort St Lucie220$66,1901
FloridaSarasota290$52,5100.6
FloridaSebastian30$65,0000.4
FloridaTallahassee550$55,5402
FloridaTampa1,500$55,4100.7
FloridaWest Palm Beach780$52,0600.8
GeorgiaAlbany110$50,9501.1
GeorgiaAthens230$43,4901.9
GeorgiaAtlanta3,380$56,2500.8
GeorgiaAugusta340$58,9801
GeorgiaBrunswick70$52,9201.1
GeorgiaColumbus160$58,3900.9
GeorgiaDalton70$62,4400.6
GeorgiaGainesville80$49,0100.7
GeorgiaHinesville30$63,2901.7
GeorgiaMacon170$47,6501
GeorgiaRome80$46,5501.5
GeorgiaSavannah260$46,2501
GeorgiaValdosta110$44,6101.3
GeorgiaWarner Robins90$64,1501.2
HawaiiHonolulu1,130$53,7501.5
IdahoBoise600$46,4801.3
IdahoCoeur Dalene50$61,0900.6
IdahoIdaho Falls70$48,3901
IdahoLewiston40$51,1301.2
IdahoPocatello90$53,190 2
IllinoisBloomington200$52,8401.8
IllinoisChampaign190$54,6601.2
IllinoisChicago5,370$70,4200.8
IllinoisDecatur80$50,0901.1
IllinoisKankakee50$66,5300.9
IllinoisPeoria270$47,0900.9
IllinoisRockford340$50,5601.3
IndianaAnderson80$39,1201.3
IndianaElkhart120$45,9200.6
IndianaEvansville210$45,5800.7
IndianaFort Wayne290$50,8500.8
IndianaGary340$49,8100.7
IndianaIndianapolis3,370$39,710 2.1
IndianaKokomo40$52,1800.7
IndianaMichigan City70$46,2201.1
IndianaMuncie150$36,300 2.1
IndianaSouth Bend250$46,6101.1
IndianaTerre Haute130$43,7801.2
IowaAmes90$42,6201.6
IowaCedar Rapids180$44,1400.8
IowaDavenport240$49,1000.8
IowaDes Moines420$44,9500.7
IowaDubuque70$42,1200.9
IowaIowa City110$44,7901
IowaSioux City80$41,9800.7
IowaWaterloo80$43,3000.6
KansasLawrence120$47,9101.7
KansasTopeka110$51,0200.6
KansasWichita400$52,1000.7
KentuckyBowling Green110$44,9401.2
KentuckyElizabethtown70$63,9501
KentuckyLexington290$51,3200.7
KentuckyLouisville680$61,7900.6
KentuckyOwensboro70$51,1800.9
LouisianaAlexandria160 1.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,530$48,200 2.3
LouisianaHouma250$45,1001.6
LouisianaLafayette280$49,7501.1
LouisianaMonroe370$50,220 2.9
LouisianaNew Orleans1,290$44,7201.4
LouisianaShreveport450$51,9001.5
MaineBangor130$42,9701.3
MaineLewiston140$41,8201.8
MainePortland330$47,7300.9
MarylandBaltimore2,560$55,5501.1
MarylandBethesda1,260$66,3501.2
MarylandCumberland80$52,4501.5
MarylandHagerstown150$49,1100.9
MarylandSalisbury130$59,7201.6
MassachusettsBarnstable Town160$54,3301
MassachusettsBoston3,180$53,1001
MassachusettsBrockton230$49,0601.6
MassachusettsFramingham280$65,1801
MassachusettsHaverhill160$55,9701.3
MassachusettsLawrence80$58,3800.9
MassachusettsLeominster140$45,9801.8
MassachusettsLowell190$65,5200.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford70$64,0400.7
MassachusettsPittsfield90$56,7301.8
MassachusettsSpringfield720$53,1501.4
MassachusettsTaunton150$55,760 2.1
MassachusettsWorcester570$53,5101.3
MichiganAnn Arbor200$67,4300.7
MichiganBattle Creek70$58,0500.9
MichiganBay City90$51,0301.7
MichiganDetroit1,100$50,8700.9
MichiganFlint190$57,5600.8
MichiganGrand Rapids440$51,3300.7
MichiganHolland110$47,5900.7
MichiganJackson110$45,0301.4
MichiganKalamazoo200$49,3800.9
MichiganLansing260$50,2600.8
MichiganMonroe50$60,4900.8
MichiganMuskegon80$50,8900.8
MichiganNiles70$52,0000.7
MichiganSaginaw80$58,2600.6
MichiganWarren1,150$65,1800.6
MinnesotaDuluth240$43,9501.1
MinnesotaMinneapolis2,190$49,5500.7
MinnesotaRochester200$40,0101.3
MinnesotaSt Cloud90$51,0700.5
MississippiGulfport110$52,9400.6
MississippiHattiesburg90$44,8401
MississippiJackson480$46,4501.1
MississippiPascagoula80$54,1801.1
MissouriColumbia280$40,880 2.1
MissouriJefferson City130$40,8101.2
MissouriJoplin150$42,0501.1
MissouriKansas City1,540$51,5400.8
MissouriSpringfield330$45,8901
MissouriSt Joseph120$37,4801.5
MissouriSt Louis2,400$51,0001
MontanaBillings140$42,6001.1
MontanaGreat Falls130$36,470 2.5
MontanaMissoula60$43,8300.7
NebraskaLincoln250$43,3800.9
NebraskaOmaha780$43,7700.9
NevadaLas Vegas900$53,8000.5
NevadaReno320$52,2700.9
New HampshireManchester150$54,4100.9
New HampshireNashua200$54,6600.9
New HampshirePortsmouth50$51,8700.6
New HampshireRochester100$52,5101.1
New JerseyAtlantic City170$64,1900.7
New JerseyCamden860$67,8000.9
New JerseyEdison1,430$66,9000.8
New JerseyNewark1,690$72,4100.9
New JerseyOcean City40$70,6300.6
New JerseyTrenton340$62,6300.9
New JerseyVineland130$63,5501.4
New MexicoAlbuquerque520$57,9700.8
New MexicoFarmington100$47,7001.2
New MexicoLas Cruces130$69,4501.3
New MexicoSanta Fe110$44,9201.1
New YorkAlbany1,070$51,7701.4
New YorkBinghamton260$54,2201.5
New YorkBuffalo1,270$53,6101.3
New YorkElmira120$48,590 2.3
New YorkGlens Falls170$49,050 2.1
New YorkIthaca190$55,180 2.9
New YorkKingston160$62,0101.7
New YorkNassau2,340$73,9501
New YorkNew York11,270$62,8301.2
New YorkPoughkeepsie680$60,2101.6
New YorkRochester1,290$51,2901.4
New YorkSyracuse930$48,9901.7
New YorkUtica320$50,2001.5
North CarolinaAsheville250$43,8600.8
North CarolinaBurlington90$44,8601
North CarolinaCharlotte1,140$46,9500.7
North CarolinaDurham280$47,8500.6
North CarolinaFayetteville250$44,5601.2
North CarolinaGoldsboro100$47,4901.8
North CarolinaGreensboro450$45,9500.7
North CarolinaGreenville140$46,4601.2
North CarolinaHickory210$46,3500.8
North CarolinaRaleigh640$48,6900.7
North CarolinaRocky Mount110$44,5901.2
North CarolinaWilmington240$45,2501
North CarolinaWinston Salem250$45,2800.7
North DakotaBismarck80$51,7100.9
North DakotaFargo160$49,9300.8
North DakotaGrand Forks210$42,590 2.8
OhioAkron510$61,7200.9
OhioCanton250$56,0900.8
OhioCincinnati1,600$62,3700.9
OhioCleveland1,480$65,7600.8
OhioColumbus1,470$59,9600.9
OhioDayton680$59,2401
OhioLima80$50,3301
OhioMansfield120$56,7801.5
OhioSandusky40$61,7600.8
OhioSpringfield100$45,4601.4
OhioToledo550$51,6901
OhioYoungstown450$49,2601.1
OklahomaLawton100$48,1901.8
OklahomaOklahoma City900$43,1100.9
OklahomaTulsa700$44,2500.9
OregonBend80$49,8600.7
OregonCorvallis50 1.1
OregonEugene200$47,2800.8
OregonMedford110$53,5400.8
OregonPortland1,510$50,9700.8
OregonSalem240$51,6000.9
PennsylvaniaAllentown660$51,7201.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona90$44,9901
PennsylvaniaErie500$46,150 2.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg640$47,7201.1
PennsylvaniaJohnstown110$49,8801.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster280$52,0200.7
PennsylvaniaLebanon70$46,9101
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,150$52,6901.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,080$50,6101
PennsylvaniaReading740$51,080 2.6
PennsylvaniaScranton420$48,3000.9
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport70$63,0000.9
PennsylvaniaYork270$55,3400.9
Rhode IslandProvidence900$57,0600.9
South CarolinaAnderson110$56,9501.2
South CarolinaCharleston430$47,3900.8
South CarolinaColumbia880$45,4201.4
South CarolinaFlorence160$40,9001.2
South CarolinaGreenville480$56,6500.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach40$44,0600.2
South CarolinaSpartanburg240$44,7201.2
South CarolinaSumter110$41,340 2.1
South DakotaRapid City110$42,3101.1
South DakotaSioux Falls120$42,3100.5
TennesseeChattanooga310$45,4400.8
TennesseeClarksville240$45,4502
TennesseeCleveland90$41,0001.7
TennesseeJackson100$44,4701.1
TennesseeJohnson City150$40,8401.2
TennesseeKingsport180$43,8600.9
TennesseeKnoxville430$44,7100.7
TennesseeMemphis920$43,9200.8
TennesseeMorristown100$40,7201.4
TennesseeNashville1,100$46,8200.8
TexasAbilene140$43,2101.4
TexasAmarillo220$50,6201.3
TexasAustin1,370$50,3701
TexasBeaumont220$49,9500.8
TexasBrownsville510$53,190 2.5
TexasCollege Station120$48,9401
TexasCorpus Christi480$45,3201.6
TexasDallas3,100$53,5000.8
TexasEl Paso920$52,5502
TexasFort Worth1,640$56,1101.1
TexasHouston4,290$53,5700.9
TexasKilleen270$49,4001.4
TexasLaredo270$56,230 2
TexasLongview130$49,2400.8
TexasLubbock490$40,140 2.4
TexasMcallen770$53,040 2
TexasMidland70$50,3200.7
TexasOdessa150 1.7
TexasSan Angelo70$48,6401.1
TexasSan Antonio1,620$53,0501.1
TexasSherman70$48,8701.2
TexasTexarkana60$51,9100.7
TexasTyler150$44,7301
TexasWaco220$47,3301.4
TexasWichita Falls150$51,9601.7
UtahLogan140$41,4002
UtahOgden570$41,3601.7
UtahProvo630$49,780 2.2
UtahSalt Lake City660$53,3000.6
UtahSt George90$45,1901.2
VermontBurlington190$54,6301
VirginiaBlacksburg140$47,0901.4
VirginiaCharlottesville160$54,2901
VirginiaDanville100$62,5801.9
VirginiaHarrisonburg160$57,6701.9
VirginiaLynchburg180$42,8601.1
VirginiaRichmond930$54,1700.9
VirginiaRoanoke180$54,4800.7
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,470$52,8001.1
VirginiaWinchester110$48,4001.3
WashingtonBellingham140$52,8701.1
WashingtonBremerton150$54,0901.1
WashingtonKennewick160$57,1701.1
WashingtonLongview70$51,8701.4
WashingtonMount Vernon120$53,6101.8
WashingtonOlympia180$57,9701.2
WashingtonSeattle1,780$56,0600.7
WashingtonSpokane380$50,2001
WashingtonTacoma540$56,5001.1
WashingtonWenatchee110$43,7001.8
WashingtonYakima210$53,9301.6
West VirginiaCharleston440$43,1501.8
West VirginiaHuntington260$38,0201.4
West VirginiaMorgantown90$36,2901.3
West VirginiaParkersburg90$45,3500.8
West VirginiaWeirton60$50,5700.9
West VirginiaWheeling110$43,0301.1
WisconsinAppleton160$61,0100.8
WisconsinEau Claire100$51,0400.8
WisconsinFond60$52,1100.9
WisconsinGreen Bay230$52,3700.8
WisconsinJanesville80$57,5000.8
WisconsinLa Crosse90$51,0900.8
WisconsinMadison430$52,7900.7
WisconsinMilwaukee800$47,8300.5
WisconsinOshkosh110$40,0900.8
WisconsinRacine90$52,5300.7
WisconsinSheboygan80$55,3100.9
WisconsinWausau40$54,3900.4
WyomingCasper40$49,7500.7
WyomingCheyenne90$51,8901.4
 

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