The median annual wage for school and career counselors was $53,660 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $32,280, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $87,640.

In May 2015, the median annual wages for school and career counselors in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Both school and career counselors generally work full time. Some school counselors do not work in the summer when school is not in session.