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City of Boston / Boston Collaborative High / School Counselor

Job-title file

School Counselor

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

1 employees hold this title in Boston Collaborative High. Median total compensation for the role is $124,502, above the department median of $105,333.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$124.5K
Role median
$124,502
Agency median
$105,333
Comparison
Above

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. Boston Collaborative High pays a median base salary of $121,865 for this role, 51% above that figureabout the 89th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Boston Collaborative High sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$60,390
$66,280
$80,760
$102,500
$122,910
Boston Collaborative High median · $121,865

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 Boston Collaborative High’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. Boston Collaborative High’s median base salary is 89% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$45,020
$51,270
$64,330
$82,870
$104,770
Boston Collaborative High median · $121,865

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 Boston Collaborative High is $124,502, 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 departments

This role across City of Boston

School Counselor is held in 21 City of Boston departments. In Boston Collaborative High, the median of $124,502 ranks #11 of 21.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Fenway High
$152,850 · 2
Ruth Batson Academy
$137,815 · 4
Orchard Gardens K-8
$136,862 · 2
Boston Arts Academy
$136,641 · 3
Community Academy
$131,217 · 1
Boston Latin
$128,987 · 10
Lyon High
$123,341 · 1
Quincy Upper
$120,984 · 1

Median total compensation for the School Counselor role in other City of Bostondepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Rosalinda Midence

School Counselor/Boston Collaborative High

2024 total comp
$124,502
Base pay
$121,865
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,637
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$124,502
Work ZIP code
02118

Source-specific fields

Id
8474
Retro
2,636.92

At Boston Collaborative High, Rosalinda Midence serves as a School Counselor. Their 2024 pay totaled $124,502.