Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · SOC 21-1012
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Salary in the Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in the Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $63,590 per year ($30.57 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,500 at the 10th percentile to $80,840 at the 90th. BLS estimates 120 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in the Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $63,590 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $59,090 and $75,920.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $45,500 | $59,090 | $63,590 | $75,920 | $80,840 |
| Hourly | $21.88 | $28.41 | $30.57 | $36.50 | $38.87 |
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.
How this area compares
- Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$63,590 median for Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $59,090 to $75,920
- Virginiastate$67,660 median for Virginia; middle half earns $55,880 to $83,440
- United Statesnational$64,330 median for United States; middle half earns $51,270 to $82,870
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −6% vs Virginia overall and −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Virginia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$63,590 median for Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $59,090 to $75,920
- $75,220 median for Winchester metro area; middle half earns $50,120 to $83,140
- $69,840 median for Virginia Beach metro area; middle half earns $58,680 to $83,440
- $67,620 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $54,980 to $82,740
- $63,660 median for Staunton metro area; middle half earns $47,780 to $79,980
- $63,330 median for Charlottesville metro area; middle half earns $54,510 to $78,830
- $61,580 median for Blacksburg metro area; middle half earns $54,510 to $65,240
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisorss · Highest-paying occupations in Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area
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.