Georgia / Northeast Georgia Regional Commission / Academic Advisor
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Northeast Georgia Regional Commission. Median total compensation for the role is $55,613, below the department median of $61,782.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 11,460 people — is $63,720. Northeast Georgia Regional Commission pays a median base salary of $55,613 for this role, 13% below that figure — about the 36th 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 Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Northeast Georgia Regional Commission’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. Northeast Georgia Regional Commission’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 33rd 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Northeast Georgia Regional Commission is $55,613, 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
Academic Advisor is held in 16 Georgia departments. In Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, the median of $55,613 ranks #3 of 16.
Median total compensation for the Academic Advisor role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
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 →
Median total compensation for comparable Academic Advisorroles 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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Academic Advisor/Northeast Georgia Regional Commission
Source-specific fields
Susan Perdue holds the role of Academic Advisor at Northeast Georgia Regional Commission. In 2025, their total compensation was $55,613.