Counselors, All Other · SOC 21-1019

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Counselors, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for counselors, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 100 metro areas

Counselors, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$107,330	130	0.5
2	Richmond, VA	$98,850	Not published	Not published
3	Ogden, UT	$93,180	40	0.1
4	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$91,940	100	0.8
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$83,930	550	0.5
6	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$79,490	440	0.2
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$78,740	70	0.1
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$77,000	140	0.1
9	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$73,380	30	0.1
10	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$71,970	110	0.3
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$71,650	50	0.0
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$70,610	540	0.2
13	Madison, WI	$70,300	90	0.2
14	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$69,780	50	0.1
15	Colorado Springs, CO	$66,910	50	0.2
16	Portland-South Portland, ME	$66,140	Not published	Not published
17	Columbus, GA-AL	$65,540	40	0.4
18	Lubbock, TX	$65,520	40	0.2
19	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$64,500	70	0.3
20	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$64,280	90	0.7
21	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$63,300	820	0.1
22	Midland, TX	$62,990	40	0.3
23	Kansas City, MO-KS	$62,170	40	0.0
24	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$61,620	110	0.5
25	Lexington Park, MD	$60,350	40	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Counselors, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.