Highest-paying Cities for Other Counselors

The top 100 highest paying cities for other counselors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other counselors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $94,230, Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey is the highest paying city for other counselors. It is followed by Amarillo, Texas (average annual salary $81,210). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other counselors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Counselors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$94,230	$57,790	130
2	Amarillo, Texas	$81,210	$47,460	70
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$75,940	$43,560	840
4	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$70,920	$53,510	910
5	Bismarck, North Dakota	$69,470	$55,350	60
6	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$68,200	$46,110	150
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$66,700	$50,090	110
8	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$65,640	$34,480	400
9	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$65,600	$34,850	220
10	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$64,190	$50,190	110
11	Anchorage, Alaska	$63,670	$48,680	40
12	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$63,430	$39,190	50
13	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$62,820	$50,650	60
14	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$62,510	$51,080	110
15	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$62,500	$18,800	80
16	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$62,250	$53,110	30
17	Laredo, Texas	$61,890	$35,620	30
18	Camden, New Jersey	$61,550	$43,180	110
19	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$61,360	$35,950	90
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,290	$41,130	140
21	Salt Lake City, Utah	$60,770	$39,340	120
22	Abilene, Texas	$60,500	$47,940	40
23	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$60,310	$28,290	50
24	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$60,290	$30,180	n/a
25	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$59,930	$28,790	90
26	Tyler, Texas	$59,910	$31,310	30
27	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$59,760	$42,920	50
28	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$59,710	$28,740	30
29	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$59,190	$26,800	80
30	Madison, Wisconsin	$59,120	$39,230	70
31	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$58,750	$39,420	80
32	Erie, Pennsylvania	$58,550	$36,750	30
33	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$58,470	$31,930	60
34	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$58,040	$38,300	40
35	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$57,910	$35,930	30
36	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$57,890	$38,630	50
37	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$57,810	$43,040	n/a
38	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$57,510	$36,830	300
39	Bend, Oregon	$57,000	$42,630	30
40	Wichita Falls, Texas	$56,950	$43,830	40
41	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$56,670	$33,470	n/a
42	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$56,390	$37,060	100
43	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$56,160	$29,480	60
44	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$56,160	$42,600	130
45	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$55,810	$49,440	n/a
46	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$55,240	$29,410	30
47	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$54,910	$50,360	150
48	Longview, Texas	$54,820	$42,990	80
49	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$54,290	$33,290	670
50	Waterbury, Connecticut	$52,870	$35,520	60
51	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$52,760	$49,820	60
52	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,750	$35,700	30
53	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$52,580	$30,540	70
54	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$52,350	$37,810	30
55	Asheville, North Carolina	$52,220	$40,550	50
56	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$52,170	$32,510	40
57	Springfield, Illinois	$52,130	$33,100	70
58	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$52,080	$23,540	180
59	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$51,730	$26,110	n/a
60	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$51,150	$30,200	80
61	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$51,100	$29,640	40
62	San Angelo, Texas	$51,010	$39,450	40
63	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$50,930	$32,050	60
64	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$50,820	$24,910	60
65	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$50,700	$33,710	240
66	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$50,680	$41,680	190
67	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$50,660	$50,660	200
68	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$50,510	$41,060	50
69	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$50,180	$28,430	170
70	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$50,160	$30,380	50
71	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$50,040	$33,240	50
72	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$49,370	$33,460	40
73	Wichita, Kansas	$49,010	$42,410	n/a
74	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$48,960	$30,580	30
75	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$48,890	$31,820	200
76	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$48,470	$19,710	50
77	Tucson, Arizona	$48,440	$30,380	50
78	Dayton, Ohio	$48,300	$33,100	80
79	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$48,250	$31,790	170
80	Corpus Christi, Texas	$48,120	$40,850	40
81	Stockton, California	$48,040	$29,970	120
82	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$48,000	$24,910	40
83	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$47,830	$34,430	200
84	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$47,800	$31,570	320
85	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$47,800	$26,580	580
86	Spokane, Washington	$47,740	$41,370	n/a
87	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$47,310	$22,690	110
88	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$47,140	$34,190	1,060
89	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$47,110	$31,680	50
90	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$47,090	$40,250	540
91	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$46,950	$31,820	40
92	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$46,760	$30,180	40
93	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$46,570	$32,050	70
94	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$46,540	$31,320	40
95	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$46,530	$32,510	50
96	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$46,390	$33,070	390
97	Racine, Wisconsin	$46,350	$40,930	40
98	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$46,330	$22,880	730
99	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$46,300	$33,570	30
100	Appleton, Wisconsin	$46,140	$34,120	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other counselors.