Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Salary in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan

The annual salary statistics of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,420
25th Percentile Wage
$36,920
50th Percentile Wage
$48,400
75th Percentile Wage
$62,950
90th Percentile Wage
$78,020

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $78,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,420.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$48,400
5.14% -34.21%
2016
$45,910
-4.90% -
2015
$48,160
3.38% -
2014
$46,530
-15.11% -
2013
$53,560
-21.28% -
2012
$64,960
- -

Table 2. Compare Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Salary in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn with Other Michigan Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,400 in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is in the middle of salary range for educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in state of Michigan. In comparison, the annual salary of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is 26.3 percent (26.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Lansing-East Lansing and 8.7 percent (8.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Holland-Grand Haven.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Lansing-East Lansing
$65,700
Ann Arbor
$62,810
Monroe
$61,130
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills
$59,710
Bay City
$57,860
Battle Creek
$51,610
Jackson
$51,360
Detroit-Warren-Livonia
$51,340
Muskegon-Norton Shores
$51,290
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North
$51,160
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$49,880
Flint
$49,750
Grand Rapids-Wyoming
$49,460
Midland
$49,420
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn
$48,400
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$48,280
Kalamazoo-Portage
$47,300
Niles-Benton Harbor
$47,280
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$46,730
South Bend-Mishawaka
$46,410
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$45,740
Holland-Grand Haven
$44,180