Georgia / Wheeler County Board of Education / High School Counselor
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employee holds this title in Wheeler County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $97,706, above the department median of $33,253.
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. Wheeler County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $97,706 for this role, 53% above that figure — about the 87th 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 Wheeler County 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. Wheeler County Board of Education’s median base salary is 52% above that national figure, about the 85th 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 Wheeler County Board of Education is $97,706, 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
High School Counselor is held in 172 Georgia departments. In Wheeler County Board of Education, the median of $97,706 ranks #13 of 172.
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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High School Counselor/Wheeler County Board of Education
Howard Hartley works as a High School Counselor for Wheeler County Board of Education. Howard earned $97,706 in 2025.