Highest-paying Cities for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors

The top 100 highest paying cities for educational, guidance, school, and vocational 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 educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $98,920, Hanford-Corcoran, California is the highest paying city for educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors. It is followed by Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington (average annual salary $95,840). 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 educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$98,920	$50,800	60
2	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$95,840	$66,040	130
3	Napa, California	$95,280	$56,440	160
4	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$91,100	$46,920	650
5	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$91,090	$47,930	2,760
6	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$88,620	$49,920	100
7	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$86,550	$40,580	2,150
8	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$86,230	$52,820	30
9	Grand Island, Nebraska	$83,900	$47,900	70
10	Modesto, California	$83,540	$56,200	580
11	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$82,810	$53,050	200
12	Ocean City, New Jersey	$82,350	$55,310	50
13	Yakima, Washington	$82,050	$50,000	170
14	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$81,660	$45,420	180
15	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$81,540	$37,500	100
16	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$81,370	$55,160	220
17	Stockton, California	$80,840	$56,900	450
18	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$80,370	$48,110	70
19	Olympia, Washington	$79,880	$48,760	190
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,560	$58,880	1,850
21	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$79,550	$49,540	200
22	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$79,410	$50,240	80
23	Yuba City, California	$79,360	$49,310	140
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$79,140	$51,890	2,920
25	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$78,920	$59,640	80
26	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$78,850	$42,550	180
27	Redding, California	$78,450	$38,410	160
28	Fresno, California	$78,410	$44,780	940
29	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$78,300	$39,370	570
30	Visalia-Porterville, California	$78,210	$35,150	300
31	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$78,190	$46,640	70
32	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$78,180	$39,610	210
33	Salinas, California	$77,750	$48,320	410
34	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$77,720	$49,650	180
35	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$77,150	$45,450	670
36	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$77,110	$28,210	210
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$76,610	$48,420	5,930
38	Danbury, Connecticut	$76,570	$48,690	100
39	Waterbury, Connecticut	$76,230	$39,070	170
40	Salisbury, Maryland	$76,210	$45,190	380
41	El Centro, California	$76,150	$30,030	210
42	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$76,020	$44,030	640
43	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$75,970	$49,330	80
44	Punta Gorda, Florida	$75,940	$35,500	50
45	Lincoln, Nebraska	$75,850	$46,380	350
46	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$75,750	$46,000	1,710
47	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$75,730	$42,900	350
48	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$75,520	$46,190	360
49	New Haven, Connecticut	$75,030	$39,300	680
50	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$74,880	$38,480	120
51	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$74,770	$37,520	50
52	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,670	$49,950	4,870
53	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$74,630	$39,970	2,050
54	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$74,340	$46,070	170
55	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$74,310	$43,270	18,960
56	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$74,300	$47,100	130
57	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$73,640	$35,550	8,680
58	Ithaca, New York	$73,440	$50,720	330
59	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$73,400	$36,610	470
60	Springfield, Ohio	$73,340	$38,900	130
61	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$73,150	$44,920	6,800
62	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$73,040	$42,760	180
63	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$73,040	$38,550	400
64	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$72,930	$39,360	530
65	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$72,510	$51,570	140
66	Kingston, New York	$72,020	$39,480	170
67	Worcester, Massachusetts	$71,950	$35,480	860
68	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$71,340	$40,820	170
69	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$71,280	$56,540	210
70	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$71,220	$43,490	590
71	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$70,650	$48,990	1,350
72	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$70,650	$35,260	100
73	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$70,640	$41,160	180
74	Longview, Washington	$70,200	$54,510	70
75	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$70,170	$30,100	50
76	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$69,690	$44,990	220
77	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$69,340	$45,690	160
78	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$69,260	$49,770	160
79	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$68,920	$33,780	250
80	Sussex County, Delaware	$68,890	$43,520	100
81	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$68,650	$35,230	11,560
82	Columbus, Ohio	$67,990	$40,760	2,000
83	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$67,960	$45,840	2,160
84	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$67,500	$43,540	4,530
85	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$67,410	$45,570	1,780
86	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$67,380	$37,680	1,060
87	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$67,100	$46,820	120
88	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$67,030	$40,950	3,080
89	Odessa, Texas	$67,000	$50,010	140
90	Spokane, Washington	$66,790	$46,210	470
91	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$66,440	$39,070	5,390
92	Walla Walla, Washington	$66,330	$49,480	40
93	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$66,290	$33,730	210
94	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$66,050	$38,890	100
95	Lima, Ohio	$65,790	$38,740	120
96	Midland, Texas	$65,770	$39,530	150
97	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$65,740	$36,730	1,020
98	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$65,730	$26,000	120
99	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$65,700	$47,580	620
100	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$65,590	$37,070	500

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