Pay distribution $49,670 10th $60,380 25th $97,300 75th $102,840 90th
Half of Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in the Trenton metro area earn more than $77,320 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $60,380 and $97,300.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $49,670 $60,380 $77,320 $97,300 $102,840 Hourly $23.88 $29.03 $37.17 $46.78 $49.44
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 Trenton metro areathis metro area
$77,320 median for Trenton metro area; middle half earns $60,380 to $97,300
$77,910 median for New Jersey; middle half earns $64,160 to $98,490
$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 New Jersey overall and +20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $45,250 $77,420 $109,590 $141,760 Johnson City, TN — $45,250 Enid, OK — $45,780 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,270 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $46,640 Tallahassee, FL — $46,900 Gainesville, FL — $47,600 Muncie, IN — $47,700 Morgantown, WV — $47,720 Tuscaloosa, AL — $47,800 Flint, MI — $48,500 Morristown, TN — $48,760 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,840 Jackson, MI — $48,870 Dubuque, IA — $49,150 Niles, MI — $49,240 Valdosta, GA — $49,330 Johnstown, PA — $49,370 College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,420 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $49,490 Kokomo, IN — $49,660 Charleston, WV — $49,900 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,960 Ames, IA — $50,260 Decatur, IL — $50,290 Lawrence, KS — $50,850 Missoula, MT — $50,860 Joplin, MO-KS — $51,040 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,060 Columbia, MO — $51,260 Bangor, ME — $51,670 Manhattan, KS — $51,720 Bloomington, IL — $51,820 Yuma, AZ — $52,090 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $52,270 Rocky Mount, NC — $52,270 Wheeling, WV-OH — $52,270 Flagstaff, AZ — $52,410 Jonesboro, AR — $52,420 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $52,480 Las Cruces, NM — $52,720 Evansville, IN — $52,740 Oklahoma City, OK — $52,810 Mayaguez, PR — $52,860 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $52,860 Terre Haute, IN — $52,910 Fargo, ND-MN — $52,960 Ponce, PR — $53,140 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $53,220 Hattiesburg, MS — $53,430 Aguadilla, PR — $53,580 Tulsa, OK — $53,660 Springfield, MO — $53,720 Rome, GA — $53,780 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $53,840 Greenville, NC — $54,480 Albany, GA — $54,500 Kankakee, IL — $54,860 Tucson, AZ — $54,930 Midland, MI — $55,120 Jackson, TN — $55,400 Lincoln, NE — $55,510 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $55,520 Jacksonville, FL — $55,520 Jefferson City, MO — $55,520 Asheville, NC — $55,700 Winston-Salem, NC — $55,790 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $55,830 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $55,870 Wilmington, NC — $55,890 Jacksonville, NC — $55,970 Rapid City, SD — $56,040 Elmira, NY — $56,060 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $56,060 St. George, UT — $56,120 Gadsden, AL — $56,140 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $56,230 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $56,340 Springfield, OH — $56,370 Monroe, MI — $56,460 Wichita, KS — $56,590 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $56,660 Bay City, MI — $56,690 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $56,760 Montgomery, AL — $56,840 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $56,930 State College, PA — $56,930 Goldsboro, NC — $57,000 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,110 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $57,160 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $57,200 Springfield, IL — $57,210 Savannah, GA — $57,320 Arecibo, PR — $57,330 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $57,360 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $57,400 Erie, PA — $57,430 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $57,580 Fayetteville, NC — $57,580 Port St. Lucie, FL — $57,600 Bozeman, MT — $57,670 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $57,790 Mobile, AL — $57,800 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $57,870 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $57,880 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $57,890 Baton Rouge, LA — $57,930 Beckley, WV — $57,970 Abilene, TX — $58,000 Mansfield, OH — $58,050 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $58,230 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $58,250 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $58,320 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $58,320 Wausau, WI — $58,350 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,380 Williamsport, PA — $58,430 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,460 Florence, SC — $58,460 Warner Robins, GA — $58,470 Fond du Lac, WI — $58,520 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $58,590 Jackson, MS — $58,620 Knoxville, TN — $58,640 Eau Claire, WI — $58,730 Toledo, OH — $58,770 Cedar Rapids, IA — $58,800 Alexandria, LA — $58,810 Redding, CA — $58,890 Idaho Falls, ID — $58,950 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $58,960 Lynchburg, VA — $58,990 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $59,060 Dothan, AL — $59,070 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $59,090 Columbus, GA-AL — $59,120 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,180 Burlington, NC — $59,190 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,200 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $59,220 Sumter, SC — $59,270 Duluth, MN-WI — $59,280 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $59,380 Hammond, LA — $59,430 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,470 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $59,500 Peoria, IL — $59,510 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $59,520 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $59,530 Lewiston, ID-WA — $59,530 Twin Falls, ID — $59,540 Pittsburgh, PA — $59,560 Fort Wayne, IN — $59,580 Saginaw, MI — $59,720 Lima, OH — $59,790 Sebring, FL — $59,790 Iowa City, IA — $59,850 Harrisonburg, VA — $60,010 Columbia, SC — $60,070 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $60,120 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $60,160 St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,160 Lancaster, PA — $60,220 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $60,350 Gainesville, GA — $60,400 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $60,420 Grand Junction, CO — $60,430 Laredo, TX — $60,430 Lafayette, LA — $60,450 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $60,520 San Angelo, TX — $60,530 Pueblo, CO — $60,540 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,550 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,650 Rochester, NY — $60,670 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,690 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $60,730 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $60,740 Lawton, OK — $60,750 Clarksville, TN-KY — $60,760 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,790 Greeley, CO — $60,820 Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,820 Corvallis, OR — $60,830 Salisbury, MD — $60,860 Reading, PA — $60,960 Owensboro, KY — $60,970 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $60,980 Boise City, ID — $60,990 Urban Honolulu, HI — $61,030 Huntsville, AL — $61,070 Great Falls, MT — $61,110 Portland-South Portland, ME — $61,130 Battle Creek, MI — $61,200 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,240 Roanoke, VA — $61,270 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $61,270 Akron, OH — $61,330 Utica-Rome, NY — $61,420 Lebanon, PA — $61,490 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $61,570 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $61,580 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,600 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,600 Cleveland, OH — $61,620 Texarkana, TX-AR — $61,650 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,660 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,670 Sheboygan, WI — $61,760 Traverse City, MI — $61,780 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $61,830 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $61,870 Appleton, WI — $61,890 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $61,940 Topeka, KS — $61,960 Bismarck, ND — $61,970 Spartanburg, SC — $61,980 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $62,000 Binghamton, NY — $62,010 Altoona, PA — $62,060 Columbus, OH — $62,080 Ithaca, NY — $62,100 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $62,140 Glens Falls, NY — $62,220 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $62,270 Mankato, MN — $62,440 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,600 Rockford, IL — $62,610 Colorado Springs, CO — $62,640 Ann Arbor, MI — $62,710 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $62,740 Cleveland, TN — $62,820 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,840 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,920 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $62,920 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $62,970 Birmingham, AL — $63,020 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $63,080 Corpus Christi, TX — $63,220 Green Bay, WI — $63,240 Charlottesville, VA — $63,330 Canton-Massillon, OH — $63,470 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $63,500 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $63,590 Amarillo, TX — $63,660 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $63,660 Cheyenne, WY — $63,760 Logan, UT-ID — $63,900 Ogden, UT — $64,240 Ocala, FL — $64,310 Paducah, KY-IL — $64,350 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,600 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $64,630 Longview, TX — $64,680 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $64,730 Walla Walla, WA — $64,900 St. Cloud, MN — $64,910 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $65,020 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $65,020 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $65,090 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $65,230 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $65,290 Bowling Green, KY — $65,310 Omaha, NE-IA — $65,330 Waco, TX — $65,630 Sherman-Denison, TX — $65,660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $65,720 Hot Springs, AR — $65,790 Sandusky, OH — $65,990 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $66,000 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $66,190 Reno, NV — $66,210 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $66,270 Rochester, MN — $66,570 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $66,610 Kenosha, WI — $66,700 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $67,080 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $67,180 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $67,200 Madison, WI — $67,510 Richmond, VA — $67,620 Vineland, NJ — $67,620 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $67,730 Syracuse, NY — $67,870 Lubbock, TX — $67,900 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $68,280 Wichita Falls, TX — $68,440 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $68,450 Helena, MT — $69,040 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $69,200 Carson City, NV — $69,690 Bellingham, WA — $69,800 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $69,840 Minot, ND — $70,390 El Paso, TX — $70,810 Gettysburg, PA — $71,270 Medford, OR — $71,340 Dalton, GA — $71,840 Decatur, AL — $72,380 Monroe, LA — $72,420 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $72,520 Tyler, TX — $72,770 Killeen-Temple, TX — $72,800 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $72,910 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $73,590 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $73,590 Albany, OR — $73,650 New Haven, CT — $73,910 Hinesville, GA — $73,920 Chambersburg, PA — $74,290 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $74,360 Dover, DE — $74,620 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $74,740 Bloomington, IN — $74,940 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $74,990 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $75,020 Boulder, CO — $75,030 Winchester, VA-WV — $75,220 Santa Fe, NM — $75,400 Salem, OR — $75,510 Pittsfield, MA — $75,630 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $75,910 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $75,920 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $75,930 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $75,990 Kingston, NY — $76,320 York-Hanover, PA — $76,360 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $76,380 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $76,680 Lexington Park, MD — $76,730 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,320 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,420 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $77,580 Worcester, MA — $78,040 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,400 Farmington, NM — $78,440 Longview-Kelso, WA — $78,490 Springfield, MA — $78,870 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $79,000 Albuquerque, NM — $79,180 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $79,840 Billings, MT — $80,140 Fairbanks-College, AK — $80,220 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $80,390 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $80,740 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $80,760 Barnstable Town, MA — $80,820 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $80,840 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $81,380 Bend, OR — $82,020 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $82,300 Elizabethtown, KY — $82,770 Anchorage, AK — $82,900 Merced, CA — $83,020 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $83,050 Midland, TX — $83,300 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $83,520 Victoria, TX — $84,430 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $86,500 Eagle Pass, TX — $86,520 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $87,280 Lake Charles, LA — $87,940 Casper, WY — $88,180 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $88,900 Vallejo, CA — $91,670 Modesto, CA — $94,370 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $94,600 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $95,390 Chico, CA — $96,080 Yakima, WA — $96,370 Visalia, CA — $96,720 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $96,780 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $96,780 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $97,700 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $98,480 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $99,330 Napa, CA — $99,900 Salinas, CA — $100,360 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $100,390 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $100,790 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $100,930 Fresno, CA — $101,280 Yuba City, CA — $101,350 Odessa, TX — $101,810 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $102,650 Grand Island, NE — $109,480 El Centro, CA — $141,760 Trenton metro area 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 Trenton metro area has the 57th-highest published median for this occupation among the 386 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”.
Other metro areas in New Jersey 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.
Trenton metro areathis page
$77,320 median for Trenton metro area; middle half earns $60,380 to $97,300
$75,920 median for Atlantic City metro area; middle half earns $63,990 to $96,570
$67,620 median for Vineland metro area; middle half earns $62,070 to $89,300
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors $65,940 Social and Human Service Assistants $51,370 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other $60,890 Child, Family, and School Social Workers $72,730 Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists $80,610 Marriage and Family Therapists $92,150 Highest-paying metro areas for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisorss · Highest-paying occupations in Trenton 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 .