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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors, trained time-based. The shortest approved term is 4,000 hours, for COUNSELOR (time-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| COUNSELOR | 0569 | Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earn, by state
California has the highest state median for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors ($86,500) and South Dakota the lowest ($51,830), across the 53 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | $86,500 | $41.59 | 45,140 |
| Alaska | $82,900 | $39.86 | 540 |
| Washington | $82,670 | $39.74 | 6,610 |
| District of Columbia | $80,470 | $38.69 | 1,690 |
| Massachusetts | $79,930 | $38.43 | 11,460 |
| New Jersey | $77,910 | $37.46 | 8,190 |
| New Mexico | $77,880 | $37.44 | 1,780 |
| Maryland | $75,820 | $36.45 | 6,600 |
| Rhode Island | $75,000 | $36.06 | 1,340 |
| Delaware | $74,070 | $35.61 | 1,700 |
| Connecticut | $73,910 | $35.53 | 3,370 |
| New York | $71,610 | $34.43 | 23,380 |
| New Hampshire | $71,080 | $34.17 | 1,650 |
| Texas | $67,900 | $32.64 | 31,730 |
| Virginia | $67,660 | $32.53 | 9,450 |
| Nevada | $66,710 | $32.07 | 2,250 |
| Oregon | $66,690 | $32.06 | 3,990 |
| Colorado | $64,780 | $31.14 | 6,530 |
| Minnesota | $64,600 | $31.06 | 4,200 |
| Vermont | $64,570 | $31.04 | 1,120 |
| Kentucky | $64,350 | $30.94 | 5,030 |
| Georgia | $63,720 | $30.63 | 11,460 |
| Wyoming | $63,430 | $30.50 | 770 |
| Wisconsin | $62,690 | $30.14 | 5,330 |
| Nebraska | $62,500 | $30.05 | 2,190 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $62,470 | $30.03 | 90 |
| Illinois | $62,420 | $30.01 | 13,580 |
| Louisiana | $61,870 | $29.74 | 4,820 |
| Ohio | $61,760 | $29.69 | 13,250 |
| Hawaii | $61,730 | $29.68 | 1,620 |
| Utah | $61,320 | $29.48 | 4,070 |
| Pennsylvania | $60,880 | $29.27 | 13,570 |
| South Carolina | $60,340 | $29.01 | 6,460 |
| Idaho | $60,320 | $29.00 | 1,990 |
| Tennessee | $59,960 | $28.83 | 6,470 |
| Arkansas | $59,770 | $28.74 | 2,310 |
| Alabama | $59,570 | $28.64 | 4,410 |
| Michigan | $59,440 | $28.58 | 9,170 |
| Indiana | $59,260 | $28.49 | 5,610 |
| North Dakota | $58,960 | $28.35 | 840 |
| Mississippi | $58,710 | $28.23 | 2,620 |
| Maine | $58,630 | $28.19 | 1,780 |
| Arizona | $58,250 | $28.00 | 7,330 |
| Missouri | $58,040 | $27.91 | 8,890 |
| Montana | $57,900 | $27.84 | 890 |
| North Carolina | $57,630 | $27.71 | 9,430 |
| Kansas | $56,590 | $27.21 | 3,100 |
| Iowa | $56,540 | $27.18 | 3,690 |
| West Virginia | $55,520 | $26.69 | 1,260 |
| Florida | $53,140 | $25.55 | 22,800 |
| Puerto Rico | $53,000 | $25.48 | 1,050 |
| Oklahoma | $52,040 | $25.02 | 4,830 |
| South Dakota | $51,830 | $24.92 | 1,000 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).