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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
What an educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisor does
Become an educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisor
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisor
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $56 per hour with a typical salary of $84,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $30 and $78 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $41,200 and $102,600 per year.
- 69% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $79 per hour with a typical salary of $104,600 per year.
- 65.4% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Educational, Guidance, And Career Counselors And Advisor job outlook
- There are 5,486 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 889 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 15% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.