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Credit Counselors
Advise and educate individuals or organizations on acquiring and managing debt. May provide guidance in determining the best type of loan and explain loan requirements or restrictions. May help develop debt management plans or student financial aid packages. May advise on credit issues, or provide budget, mortgage, bankruptcy, or student financial aid counseling.
What a credit counselor does
Become a credit counselor
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good credit counselor
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $37 per hour with a typical salary of $65,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $28 and $46 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $19,200 and $71,800 per year.
- 50% 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 $21 per hour with a typical salary of $28,700 per year.
- 32.3% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Credit Counselor job outlook
- There are 303 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 50 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 15% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.