21 Series · SOC 21-1019
Counselors, All Other Salary
National pay, percentile range, growth outlook, and state-by-state detail from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey (May 2025).
- $50,860
- Median / year
- $91,940
- Top 10% earn
- +12.6%
- Growth '23–'33
- 28,580
- US workers
Counselors, All Other earn a median of $50,860 per year.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, the median annual wage is $50,860, based on the most recent survey of employers. Reported pay ranges from $36,240 (10th percentile) to $91,940 (90th percentile) nationally, across roughly 28,580 US workers. District of Columbia pays the most ($93,720), since pay varies by state and metro area.
The pay verdict
Counselors, All Other earn a median of $50,860, putting them below the typical US occupation and higher than 35% of the 825 occupations with a published BLS median. Within Community and Social Service, it ranks #14 of 17 by median pay. Employment is projected to grow 12.6% by 2033.
- $50,860
- Median annual wage
- Top 65%
- of 825 US occupations with published wages
- #14 of 17
- in Community and Social Service
- 2.5×
- 90th-to-10th pay spread
Highest-paying state: District of Columbia at $93,720. Typical entry-level education: Master's degree.
Counselors, All Other (SOC 21-1019) pays a national median of $50,860 per year according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey released in May 2025. Full-range compensation stretches from $36,240 at the 10th percentile to $91,940 at the 90th, with a mean of $58,210 indicating a right-skew where top earners pull the average above the midpoint. An estimated 28,580 Americans work in this occupation across 45 reporting states and 125 metro areas.
BLS Employment Projections forecast a +12.6% change in employment from 2024 to 2034, which the agency classifies as much faster than average relative to the 5% all-occupations baseline. About 7,400 openings are projected per year, combining new positions with replacement needs from retirements and occupation-switchers. Typical entry-level preparation is Master's degree. The BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) produce a workplace-safety grade of A for this role, with a fatality rate of 0.3 per 100,000 and injury rate of 0.5 per 100.
Geographic variation matters as much as the headline median. District of Columbia pays the highest state median at $93,720, which is +84% above the national figure. The top metro is Trenton-Princeton, NJ at $107,330 - metro premiums typically reflect higher cost of living, industry concentration, or specialized employer demand. When using this page for negotiation or career planning, pair the national median with the state and metro rows below, remember that BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, and revisit after each May OEWS release since percentiles shift with cost-of-living cycles and industry demand. See our methodology for exactly how these figures are sourced, computed, and verified.
Median Salary
$50,860
per year
Median Hourly
$24.45/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$58,210
average
Employment
28,580
jobs nationwide
How does this pay compare nationally?
Where Counselors, All Other pay sits nationally
Median annual wage vs. 825 detailed BLS occupations with a published median
$50,860 Bottom 35% higher than 35% of 825 US occupations
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US occupations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025
Does this job pay well and grow?
Each dot is a 21-series occupation, placed by projected 2024–2034 growth and median pay. The highlighted dot is Counselors, All Other; the upper-right quadrant is the sweet spot (high pay + fast growth).
Among 17 21-series occupations with growth data, Counselors, All Other sits on the faster-growing side at +12.6% growth and $50,860 median pay.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS (wages, May 2025) and Employment Projections (2024–2034).
Job Outlook (2024–2034)
Projected Growth
+12.6%
Much faster than average
Annual Openings
7,400
per year (projected)
Typical Education
Master's degree
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034
Workplace Safety
All safety ratings →Very Safe
Safety Grade (BLS 2023)
Fatality Rate
0.3/100K
Injury Rate
0.5/100
Danger Index
2.2/100
Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) & Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), 2023
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$36,240
25th Percentile
$43,680
Median
$50,860
75th Percentile
$66,520
90th Percentile
$91,940
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $93,720 | +84% above national |
| 2 | Utah | $93,530 | +84% above national |
| 3 | Georgia | $79,490 | +56% above national |
| 4 | Oregon | $78,750 | +55% above national |
| 5 | Virginia | $76,450 | +50% above national |
| 6 | New Jersey | $73,360 | +44% above national |
| 7 | Wisconsin | $71,390 | +40% above national |
| 8 | North Dakota | $69,860 | +37% above national |
| 9 | Washington | $69,530 | +37% above national |
| 10 | Colorado | $66,680 | +31% above national |
| 11 | Hawaii | $65,470 | +29% above national |
| 12 | Maine | $62,190 | +22% above national |
| 13 | Iowa | $61,080 | +20% above national |
| 14 | Arizona | $59,910 | +18% above national |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | $59,160 | +16% above national |
| 16 | New York | $58,500 | +15% above national |
| 17 | Massachusetts | $58,240 | +15% above national |
| 18 | Vermont | $56,220 | +11% above national |
| 19 | South Carolina | $55,140 | +8% above national |
| 20 | Texas | $54,450 | +7% above national |
| 21 | Mississippi | $54,090 | +6% above national |
| 22 | Connecticut | $53,310 | +5% above national |
| 23 | North Carolina | $52,280 | +3% above national |
| 24 | Tennessee | $51,900 | +2% above national |
| 25 | Illinois | $49,360 | 3% below national |
| 26 | Arkansas | $49,310 | 3% below national |
| 27 | Delaware | $48,990 | 4% below national |
| 28 | California | $48,850 | 4% below national |
| 29 | Louisiana | $47,830 | 6% below national |
| 30 | New Hampshire | $47,770 | 6% below national |
| 31 | Minnesota | $47,740 | 6% below national |
| 32 | Alabama | $47,580 | 6% below national |
| 33 | Maryland | $46,840 | 8% below national |
| 34 | Florida | $45,880 | 10% below national |
| 35 | Ohio | $45,840 | 10% below national |
| 36 | Nevada | $45,440 | 11% below national |
| 37 | Indiana | $45,360 | 11% below national |
| 38 | Alaska | $45,060 | 11% below national |
| 39 | West Virginia | $44,810 | 12% below national |
| 40 | Missouri | $43,680 | 14% below national |
| 41 | Nebraska | $40,530 | 20% below national |
| 42 | Kentucky | $40,230 | 21% below national |
| 43 | Montana | $39,260 | 23% below national |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | $38,400 | 24% below national |
| 45 | Michigan | $37,390 | 26% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $107,330 | +111% above national |
| 2 | Richmond, VA | $98,850 | +94% above national |
| 3 | Ogden, UT | $93,180 | +83% above national |
| 4 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $91,940 | +81% above national |
| 5 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $90,360 | +78% above national |
| 6 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $83,930 | +65% above national |
| 7 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $79,490 | +56% above national |
| 8 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $78,740 | +55% above national |
| 9 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $78,010 | +53% above national |
| 10 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $77,000 | +51% above national |
| 11 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $73,380 | +44% above national |
| 12 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $71,970 | +42% above national |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $71,650 | +41% above national |
| 14 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $71,590 | +41% above national |
| 15 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $70,610 | +39% above national |
| 16 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $70,450 | +39% above national |
| 17 | Madison, WI | $70,300 | +38% above national |
| 18 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $69,780 | +37% above national |
| 19 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $69,780 | +37% above national |
| 20 | Colorado Springs, CO | $66,910 | +32% above national |
| 21 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $66,140 | +30% above national |
| 22 | Columbus, GA-AL | $65,540 | +29% above national |
| 23 | Lubbock, TX | $65,520 | +29% above national |
| 24 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $64,500 | +27% above national |
| 25 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $64,500 | +27% above national |
| 26 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $64,280 | +26% above national |
| 27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $63,300 | +24% above national |
| 28 | Midland, TX | $62,990 | +24% above national |
| 29 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $62,170 | +22% above national |
| 30 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $61,620 | +21% above national |
| 31 | Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $61,260 | +20% above national |
| 32 | Lexington Park, MD | $60,350 | +19% above national |
| 33 | Vallejo, CA | $60,280 | +19% above national |
| 34 | Tyler, TX | $60,180 | +18% above national |
| 35 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $60,010 | +18% above national |
| 36 | Syracuse, NY | $59,990 | +18% above national |
| 37 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $59,430 | +17% above national |
| 38 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $58,250 | +15% above national |
| 39 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $57,470 | +13% above national |
| 40 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $57,290 | +13% above national |
| 41 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $57,030 | +12% above national |
| 42 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $56,690 | +11% above national |
| 43 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $56,350 | +11% above national |
| 44 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $55,970 | +10% above national |
| 45 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $55,120 | +8% above national |
| 46 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $54,820 | +8% above national |
| 47 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $54,770 | +8% above national |
| 48 | Lafayette, LA | $54,570 | +7% above national |
| 49 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $54,450 | +7% above national |
| 50 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $54,240 | +7% above national |
| 51 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $53,110 | +4% above national |
| 52 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $52,920 | +4% above national |
| 53 | Jackson, TN | $52,880 | +4% above national |
| 54 | Johnson City, TN | $52,880 | +4% above national |
| 55 | Knoxville, TN | $52,880 | +4% above national |
| 56 | West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $52,880 | +4% above national |
| 57 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $52,340 | +3% above national |
| 58 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $52,300 | +3% above national |
| 59 | Cleveland, OH | $52,140 | +3% above national |
| 60 | Corpus Christi, TX | $52,090 | +2% above national |
| 61 | East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $51,920 | +2% above national |
| 62 | North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $51,900 | +2% above national |
| 63 | Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $51,890 | +2% above national |
| 64 | North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $51,820 | +2% above national |
| 65 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $51,540 | +1% above national |
| 66 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $51,260 | +1% above national |
| 67 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | $51,200 | +1% above national |
| 68 | Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $51,200 | +1% above national |
| 69 | Monroe, LA | $49,740 | 2% below national |
| 70 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $49,600 | 2% below national |
| 71 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | $49,390 | 3% below national |
| 72 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $49,320 | 3% below national |
| 73 | Alexandria, LA | $49,220 | 3% below national |
| 74 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $48,830 | 4% below national |
| 75 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $48,620 | 4% below national |
| 76 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $48,620 | 4% below national |
| 77 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $48,560 | 5% below national |
| 78 | Baton Rouge, LA | $48,460 | 5% below national |
| 79 | Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $48,300 | 5% below national |
| 80 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $48,290 | 5% below national |
| 81 | Salinas, CA | $48,200 | 5% below national |
| 82 | Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $48,080 | 5% below national |
| 83 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $47,970 | 6% below national |
| 84 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $47,920 | 6% below national |
| 85 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $47,920 | 6% below national |
| 86 | Modesto, CA | $47,360 | 7% below national |
| 87 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $47,340 | 7% below national |
| 88 | Visalia, CA | $47,280 | 7% below national |
| 89 | Columbus, OH | $46,930 | 8% below national |
| 90 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $46,640 | 8% below national |
| 91 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $46,460 | 9% below national |
| 92 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $46,190 | 9% below national |
| 93 | Hammond, LA | $46,000 | 10% below national |
| 94 | Lake Charles, LA | $46,000 | 10% below national |
| 95 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $45,970 | 10% below national |
| 96 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $45,880 | 10% below national |
| 97 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $45,870 | 10% below national |
| 98 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $45,750 | 10% below national |
| 99 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $45,440 | 11% below national |
| 100 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $45,210 | 11% below national |
| 101 | Fresno, CA | $45,180 | 11% below national |
| 102 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $44,980 | 12% below national |
| 103 | Jacksonville, FL | $44,940 | 12% below national |
| 104 | Charleston, WV | $44,700 | 12% below national |
| 105 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $44,590 | 12% below national |
| 106 | Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | $44,230 | 13% below national |
| 107 | Gainesville, FL | $43,780 | 14% below national |
| 108 | Tallahassee, FL | $43,720 | 14% below national |
| 109 | North Florida nonmetropolitan area | $43,530 | 14% below national |
| 110 | El Paso, TX | $43,320 | 15% below national |
| 111 | Pittsburgh, PA | $43,100 | 15% below national |
| 112 | Boulder, CO | $43,050 | 15% below national |
| 113 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $42,790 | 16% below national |
| 114 | Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | $41,630 | 18% below national |
| 115 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $41,560 | 18% below national |
| 116 | Duluth, MN-WI | $40,790 | 20% below national |
| 117 | Reno, NV | $40,450 | 20% below national |
| 118 | Ann Arbor, MI | $40,270 | 21% below national |
| 119 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $39,950 | 21% below national |
| 120 | Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area | $39,490 | 22% below national |
| 121 | Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $38,630 | 24% below national |
| 122 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $37,390 | 26% below national |
| 123 | Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | $36,650 | 28% below national |
| 124 | Yuba City, CA | $35,640 | 30% below national |
| 125 | Toledo, OH | $34,420 | 32% below national |
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