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Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in Florida

Considering a career as an Educational, Guidance, School, or Vocational Counselor in Florida?

18.1% Jobs Projection
$49,280 Median Salary
1,550 Job Openings

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

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

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

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

16,340 people worked as Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in 2018 in this state.

There were 14,820 Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 1,520 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 Florida has more Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors than average.

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Job Projections for Florida

Jobs for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors in this state are growing at a rate of 18.1% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 12.6%.

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Florida Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 1,550 annual Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors job openings in Florida, and 14,120 total jobs in the year 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 Florida?

In 2018 wages for Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors ranged from $29,130 to $74,530 with $49,280 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $14 to $35.83. The median hourly rate was $23.69.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $23.22 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.47.

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

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Top Florida 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
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 5,000 $49,890
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,940 $49,130
Jacksonville, FL 1,640 $51,080
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 1,600 $48,730
Tallahassee, FL 590 $50,680
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 590 $42,840
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 460 $43,280
Gainesville, FL 420 $48,260
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 420 $43,400
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 390 $57,510
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 390 $58,070
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 380 $48,950
Port St. Lucie, FL 290 $60,650
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 270 $59,550
Ocala, FL 140 $58,810
Panama City, FL 110 $45,810
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 50 $55,470
Punta Gorda, FL 50 $76,790

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

The table below shows the states 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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