Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

The annual salary statistics of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$34,960
25th Percentile Wage
$44,400
50th Percentile Wage
$58,080
75th Percentile Wage
$76,360
90th Percentile Wage
$84,640

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $84,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,960.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$58,080
-4.18% 14.34%
2021
$60,510
-17.22% -
2020
$70,930
14.24% -
2019
$60,830
-15.27% -
2018
$70,120
2.99% -
2017
$68,020
26.86% -
2016
$49,750
4.66% -
2015
$47,430
-4.89% -
2012
$49,750
- -

Table 2. Compare Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,080 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors in Watertown-Fort Drum is 32.9 percent (32.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Nassau-Suffolk and 14.1 percent (14.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Elmira.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Nassau-Suffolk
$86,550
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$78,300
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$74,310
Ithaca
$73,440
Kingston
$72,020
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$68,650
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$63,000
Syracuse
$61,710
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$60,450
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$59,510
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$58,230
Watertown-Fort Drum
$58,080
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$57,770
Glens Falls
$57,280
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$57,220
Utica-Rome
$54,400
Rochester
$52,280
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$52,020
Binghamton
$50,710
Elmira
$49,900

See also: Top paying jobs in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York.