Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · SOC 21-1012
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Salary in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $59,140 per year ($28.43 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,510 at the 10th percentile to $77,590 at the 90th. BLS estimates 210 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $59,140 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,830 and $72,480.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $35,510 | $37,830 | $59,140 | $72,480 | $77,590 |
| Hourly | $17.07 | $18.19 | $28.43 | $34.85 | $37.30 |
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
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$59,140 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,830 to $72,480
- Alabamastate$59,570 median for Alabama; middle half earns $45,590 to $73,450
- 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 −1% vs Alabama overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
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.
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$59,140 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,830 to $72,480
- $72,380 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $62,870 to $75,220
- $63,020 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $47,460 to $75,440
- $62,740 median for Daphne metro area; middle half earns $46,480 to $74,540
- $62,270 median for Auburn metro area; middle half earns $48,880 to $63,320
- $61,070 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $45,920 to $76,510
- $59,070 median for Dothan metro area; middle half earns $45,000 to $73,750
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 Southeast Alabama 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.