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What genetic counsellors make

Median

$97,000

Lower end

$50,000

Upper end

$125,000

Job Bank's national median for genetic counsellors is $46.81 an hour, about $97,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower and upper ends ($24.09 and $60.26 an hour) are the bottom and top of the range for everyone in the group. Most jobs are in hospitals on a professional pay scale.