Compared with the local labor market
School Counselor pay vs. the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 7,050 people — is $66,190. Carver High School of Engineering and Science pays a median base salary of $104,569 for this role, 58% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Carver High School of Engineering and Science sits in the local pay range
$48,340
$56,820
$66,190
$86,860
$100,910
Carver High School of Engineering and Science median · $104,569
The bar is the range of annual wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Carver High School of Engineering and Science’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. Carver High School of Engineering and Science’s median base salary is 63% above that national figure, about the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$45,020
$51,270
$64,330
$82,870
$104,770
Carver High School of Engineering and Science median · $104,569
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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Carver High School of Engineering and Science is $104,569, 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 School District of Philadelphia
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In School District of Philadelphia, the median of $97,852 ranks #3 of 3. See School Counselor across all of School District of Philadelphia →
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.