Georgia / City of Valdosta Board of Education / High School Counselor

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High School Counselor

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

8 employees hold this title in City of Valdosta Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $75,327, above the department median of $44,674.

Employees: 8
Total payroll: $508.3K
Role median: $75,327
Agency median: $44,674
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$8,890$95,253+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

High School Counselor pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 11,460 people — is $63,720. City of Valdosta Board of Education pays a median base salary of $81,903 for this role, 29% above that figure — about the 77th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where City of Valdosta Board of Education sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$42,040

$49,000

$63,720

$79,140

$101,880

City of Valdosta Board of Education median · $81,903

The bar is the range of annual wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Valdosta Board of Education’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. City of Valdosta Board of Education’s median base salary is 27% above that national figure, about the 74th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$45,020

$51,270

$64,330

$82,870

$104,770

City of Valdosta Board of Education median · $81,903

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 6 of 8 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at City of Valdosta Board of Education is $75,327, 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 Georgia

High School Counselor is held in 172 Georgia departments. In City of Valdosta Board of Education, the median of $75,327 ranks #101 of 172.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Atlanta Independent School System

$108,585 · 51

City of Buford Board of Education

$108,423 · 4

Wilcox County Board of Education

$104,686 · 1

City of Cartersville Board of Education

$103,819 · 4

Dawson County Board of Education

$102,965 · 3

Fulton County Board of Education

$102,868 · 70

Hancock County Board of Education

$102,542 · 1

City of Social Circle Board of Education

$101,991 · 1

Henry County Board of Education

$100,928 · 52

Paulding County Board of Education

$98,592 · 30

Towns County Board of Education

$98,182 · 1

Stewart County Board of Education

$98,108 · 1

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

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