How much do Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors, the published 10th percentile is $26,000 and the 90th percentile is $77,480. The difference is $51,480, which is 89.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,170 to the 75th at $59,760, covers $20,590.

The mean annual wage is $53,430, which sits below the median of $57,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 10.9% lower than the national median of $64,330 for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors.

It is 8.2% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $53,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors. Arecibo, PR ranks 1st of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $53,580 and employment of 70. That median is 6.5% lower than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $53,140 and employment of 100. That median is 7.3% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $52,860 and employment of 70. That median is 7.8% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (60 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.23% of employment (353,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.