Wages for guidance counselors vary by region of the country, school and district size, and age of the students. Larger districts typically offer higher salaries, and counselors working with high school students tend to earn more than counselors for younger grades. Educational, vocational, and school counselors who worked in elementary and secondary schools earned mean annual salaries of $66,910 in May 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Salaries for all educational counselors ranged from less than $33,610 to $94,690 or more.
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- Adaptive Physical Education Specialists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- Art Teachers
- Athletic Directors
- Biophysicists
- Book Editors
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- Child Care Service Owners
- Child Care Workers
- Child Life Specialists
- Children's Librarians
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Computer Trainers
- Cooking Instructors
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Health Educators
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Journalism Teachers
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Mathematics Teachers
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- Nannies
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- Pediatric Dentists
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- Physical Education Teachers
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- School Administrators
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- Secondary School Teachers
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- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
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