How much do Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors make in Victoria, TX?

Percentile spread

For Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors, the published 10th percentile is $37,540 and the 90th percentile is $94,620. The difference is $57,080, which is 67.6% 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 $45,310 to the 75th at $94,620, covers $49,310.

The mean annual wage is $72,330, which sits below the median of $84,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Victoria, TX median is 31.2% higher than the national median of $64,330 for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $93,979, which is 46.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 24.3% higher than the Texas median of $67,900.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Victoria, TX is 89.839, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $84,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors at $93,979 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors. Victoria, TX ranks 2nd of 12 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).).

• Corpus Christi, TX is 59 miles away, with a median of $63,220 and employment of 430. That median is 25.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,220, against $93,979 here.
• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 98 miles away, with a median of $59,090 and employment of 3,120. That median is 30% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,387, against $93,979 here.
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 108 miles away, with a median of $61,570 and employment of 3,500. That median is 27.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,784, against $93,979 here.

Employment share

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Victoria, TX (100 of 38,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.23% of employment (353,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.15 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.