SALARY · EDUCATIONAL, GUIDANCE, AND CAREER COUNSELORS AND ADVISORS · RHODE ISLAND

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Rhode Island

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Rhode Island: $75,000 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$75,000

$36 per hour at the median · That is $10,670 (16.6 percent) above the national median of $64,330 for this occupation.

$75,730Mean annual salary
$36Mean hourly wage
$1,340People employed in this job in Rhode Island

Salary range

25th: $58,710Median: $75,00075th: $90,080
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$58,710
Median (50th percentile)$75,000
75th percentile$90,080
Mean$75,730

The middle half of workers earned from $58,710 to $90,080 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$59,397 a year
$4,950 a month
Federal tax $7,670 · FICA $5,738 · State tax $2,196
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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