South Carolina / Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities / Guidance Counselor
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities. Median total compensation for the role is $76,712, above the department median of $73,440.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 6,460 people — is $60,340. Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities pays a median base salary of $76,712 for this role, 27% above that figure — about the 76th 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 South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities’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. Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities’s median base salary is 19% above that national figure, about the 67th 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 South Carolina range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities is $76,712, 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 4 South Carolina departments. In Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities, the median of $76,712 ranks #4 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Guidance Counselor role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $84,336 ranks #2 of 3. See Guidance Counselor across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Guidance Counselorroles 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/Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities
Terri Mattress holds the role of Guidance Counselor at Gov Sch for Arts & Humanities. In 2026, their total compensation was $76,712.