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Credit Counselors · SOC 13-2071

Credit Counselors Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$61,930
Median hourly wage$29.78

Credit Counselors in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $61,930 per year ($29.78 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $44,000 at the 10th percentile to $89,820 at the 90th. BLS estimates 440 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Credit Counselors in the Washington metro area earn more than $61,930 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $54,700 and $77,880.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$44,000$54,700$61,930$77,880$89,820
Hourly$21.15$26.30$29.78$37.44$43.19

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $61,930
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $63,580
  • United Statesnational
    $52,230

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −3% vs District of Columbia overall and +19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$37,020$52,203$67,387$82,570Johnson City, TN — $37,020Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,840Amarillo, TX — $40,080Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $40,480Lubbock, TX — $40,960Las Cruces, NM — $41,870Raleigh-Cary, NC — $42,190Tyler, TX — $44,170College Station-Bryan, TX — $44,440El Paso, TX — $44,510Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $44,550Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,050Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,090Birmingham, AL — $45,760Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,840Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,050South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $46,050Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $46,130Oklahoma City, OK — $46,150Longview, TX — $46,330Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,480Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $46,850Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,950Ogden, UT — $47,090Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,180Charleston, WV — $47,380Evansville, IN — $47,430Toledo, OH — $47,450Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,690Tucson, AZ — $47,710La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $47,950Fort Wayne, IN — $47,980Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,980Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,100Tulsa, OK — $48,130Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,180McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,200Roanoke, VA — $48,400Jackson, MS — $48,450Saginaw, MI — $48,780Morgantown, WV — $48,890San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,890Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,160Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,380Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,390Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,530St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,550New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $49,600Baton Rouge, LA — $49,790San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $50,010Green Bay, WI — $50,300Lexington-Fayette, KY — $50,430Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,480Manchester-Nashua, NH — $50,690Jacksonville, FL — $50,850Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,990Springfield, MA — $51,140Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $51,160Iowa City, IA — $51,710Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $51,820Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $51,880Albuquerque, NM — $52,290Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $53,140Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $53,190Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $53,400Flint, MI — $53,440Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $53,800Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $54,110Richmond, VA — $54,150Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $54,830Columbus, OH — $54,880Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $55,040Colorado Springs, CO — $55,140Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $55,570Duluth, MN-WI — $55,920Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,060Portland-South Portland, ME — $56,670Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $56,960Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $57,210Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $57,240Madison, WI — $57,260Lancaster, PA — $57,550Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $57,990Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $58,090Pittsburgh, PA — $58,090Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $58,480Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $58,480Cleveland, OH — $58,570Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $58,710Syracuse, NY — $59,160Ann Arbor, MI — $59,570Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,750Rochester, NY — $60,040Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $60,110Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $60,210Eugene-Springfield, OR — $60,600Worcester, MA — $60,680Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $60,730Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,930Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,980Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,080Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,240Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,340Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $62,500Omaha, NE-IA — $62,520Ithaca, NY — $62,750New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $63,170Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $64,080Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,080Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $64,380Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $64,750Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $65,210Boulder, CO — $65,540Fresno, CA — $66,660San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $67,120Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $76,930San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $80,680San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $82,570

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 20th-highest published median for this occupation among the 118 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Business Operations Specialists, All Other$104,770Management Analysts$126,830Accountants and Auditors$102,140Project Management Specialists$127,030Human Resources Specialists$100,830Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$87,160

Highest-paying metro areas for credit counselorss · Highest-paying occupations in Washington Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.