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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved titles
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RAPIDS codes
Shortest term
4,000 h
minimum on the list
National median pay
$64,330
a year, BLS May 2025
Jobs nationally
353,310
BLS May 2025
Approved apprenticeship titles
- Training approaches
- time-based
- Shortest approved term
- 4,000 hours, COUNSELOR (time-based)
- State medians
- $86,500 in California to $51,830 in South Dakota (53 states publish one)
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| COUNSELOR | 0569 | Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
What educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earn, by state
| 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
How to find a sponsor that trains this title · Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
- Approved titles and terms: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list, Last-Modified October 8, 2026, read October 8, 2026.
- Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS, May 2025, all industries, read October 8, 2026.