How much do Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

Percentile spread

For Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors, the published 10th percentile is $46,450 and the 90th percentile is $96,790. The difference is $50,340, which is 81.0% 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 $51,660 to the 75th at $80,080, covers $28,420.

The mean annual wage is $67,070, which sits above the median of $62,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charleston-North Charleston, SC median is 3.4% lower than the national median of $64,330 for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,548, which is 4.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3% higher than the South Carolina median of $60,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 100.962, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors at $61,548 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors. Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 5th of 19 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).).

• Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is 65 miles away, with a median of $69,200 and employment of 190. That median is 11.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,600, against $61,548 here.
• Sumter, SC is 66 miles away, with a median of $59,270 and employment of 100. That median is 4.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,337, against $61,548 here.
• Florence, SC is 79 miles away, with a median of $58,460 and employment of 290. That median is 5.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,370, against $61,548 here.

Employment share

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors accounts for 0.27% of wage-and-salary employment in Charleston-North Charleston, SC (1,080 of 394,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.23% of employment (353,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.21 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.