Academic Advisor

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 11,460 people — is $63,720. Columbus Technical College pays a median base salary of $49,889 for this role, 22% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 4 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Columbus Technical College is $47,839, 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.

Academic Advisor is held in 16 Georgia departments. In Columbus Technical College, the median of $47,839 ranks #8 of 16.

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $45,748 ranks #2 of 2. See Academic Advisor across all of Georgia →