Compared with the local labor market
School Counselor pay vs. the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 8,170 people — is $80,760. Another Course to College pays a median base salary of $117,797 for this role, 46% above that figure — about the 86th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Another Course to College sits in the local pay range
$60,390
$66,280
$80,760
$102,500
$122,910
Another Course to College median · $117,797
The bar is the range of annual wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Another Course to College’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 353,310 people — is $64,330. Another Course to College’s median base salary is 83% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$45,020
$51,270
$64,330
$82,870
$104,770
Another Course to College median · $117,797
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Another Course to College is $135,068, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
School Counselor beyond City of Boston
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $126,132 ranks #2 of 3. See School Counselor across all of City of Boston →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable School Counselorroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.