City of Springfield, MA / 3242 / Guidance Counselor
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in 3242. Median total compensation for the role is $51,994, above the department median of $39,704.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Springfield, MA area, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 720 people — is $78,870. 3242 pays a median base salary of $51,994 for this role, 34% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors across every employer in the Springfield, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows 3242’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. 3242’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 26th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Springfield, MA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at 3242 is $51,994, 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
Guidance Counselor is held in 30 City of Springfield, MA departments. In 3242, the median of $51,994 ranks #21 of 30.
Median total compensation for the Guidance Counselor role in other City of Springfield, MAdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In City of Springfield, MA, the median of $83,001 ranks #3 of 3. See Guidance Counselor across all of City of Springfield, MA →
Median total compensation for comparable Guidance Counselor roles 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
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Guidance Counselor/3242
Source-specific fields
At 3242, Milena Cruzado serves as a Guidance Counselor. Their 2025 pay totaled $51,994.