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What career counselors make
Median
$64,330
Bottom tenth
$45,020
Top tenth
$104,770
The national median is $64,330 a year, the bottom tenth earn $45,020 or less and the top tenth $104,770 or more (2025 federal wage survey). The federal wage survey counts this as one big group, Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors, so high school counselors, college academic advisors and career counselors are all mixed together in that number.