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

SOC 21-1012 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$75,000
per year in Rhode Island
Middle half
$58,710–$90,080
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
1,340
in Rhode Island
Concentration
1.18×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Rhode Island
$75,000
published median
United States
$64,330
16.6% above the national median
Rank among states and DC
9th
51 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $75,000 median has purchasing power comparable to about $73,328 nationally. Rhode Island's BEA regional price parity is 102.3 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Rhode Island.

$49,100$102,340

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Master's degree
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
None

Narrow to a metro in Rhode Island

Every linked area below has a published estimate for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$75,910101.81,9201.19×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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