SALARY · EDUCATIONAL, GUIDANCE, AND CAREER COUNSELORS AND ADVISORS · MICHIGAN

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors salary in Michigan

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Michigan, the middle educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors earned $59,440 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$59,440

$29 per hour at the median · That is $4,890 (7.6 percent) below the national median of $64,330 for this occupation.

$62,900Mean annual salary
$30Mean hourly wage
$9,170People employed in this job in Michigan

Salary range

25th: $47,290Median: $59,44075th: $75,870
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$47,290
Median (50th percentile)$59,440
75th percentile$75,870
Mean$62,900

The middle half of workers earned from $47,290 to $75,870 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$49,940 a year
$4,162 a month
Federal tax $4,953 · FICA $4,547

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Michigan is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Michigan has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

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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