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What guidance counsellors make
Median
$85,000
Lower end
$48,000
Upper end
$111,000
Job Bank's national median is $40.84 an hour, about $85,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The low and high are the bottom and top of the wage range for everyone in the group, from $23.25 to $53.57 an hour. The group covers educational counsellors in schools, colleges and universities. In a public high school you are paid on the teacher grid.