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Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in Missouri

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14.5% Jobs Projection
$45,990 Median Salary
820 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in Missouri are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in Missouri is growing faster than average.

  • Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in Missouri earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Work in Missouri?

In Missouri, there were 6,680 people working as Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in the year 2018.

There were 6,640 Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 40 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 3,650 Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors working in it, which means Missouri has more Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors than average.

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Job Projections for Missouri

Jobs for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in this state are growing at a rate of 14.5% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 12.6%.

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Missouri Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 820 annual job openings, and a total of 7,570 jobs for Missouri Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 35,300 annual jobs and 328,400 total jobs in 2026.

What do Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Make in Missouri?

In 2018 wages for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors ranged from $30,760 to $80,180 with $45,990 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $14.79 to $38.55. The median hourly rate was $22.11.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $21.87 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.24.

The median salary in Missouri is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Missouri Metros for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,600 $47,880
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,710 $47,970
Columbia, MO 620 $43,080
Springfield, MO 510 $51,790
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 410 $56,760
Jefferson City, MO 270 $45,000
Joplin, MO 170 $48,810
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 130 $43,930
St. Joseph, MO-KS 100 $45,260

Top States for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Employment

View the list below to see where most Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 32,400 $69,510
Texas 25,670 $60,610
New York 24,940 $61,800
Florida 16,340 $49,280
Illinois 12,620 $50,800
Ohio 10,720 $53,460
Georgia 10,060 $54,910
Massachusetts 8,050 $67,110
Pennsylvania 8,020 $59,470
Arizona 7,870 $48,300
Virginia 7,270 $60,680
New Jersey 7,090 $69,090
Michigan 6,910 $53,120
Missouri 6,680 $45,990
North Carolina 6,380 $49,530
Maryland 6,360 $62,230
Washington 5,090 $63,500
Louisiana 4,970 $56,070
South Carolina 4,870 $51,230
Minnesota 4,790 $55,330

Below are the states where Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
California $69,510
New Jersey $69,090
Massachusetts $67,110
Connecticut $66,970
Delaware $65,860
District of Columbia $64,520
Washington $63,500
Alaska $62,950
Maryland $62,230
New York $61,800

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