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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 21-1012 · CBSA 31080

Occupation
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (SOC 21-1012)
Metropolitan area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
188
Median offered wage
$66,747
Certified (last three years)
95.0%
Median wage$66,747certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors with a worksite in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA: applications by fiscal year

2244FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2244FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202022
FY202123
FY202222
FY202324
FY202428
FY202544
FY2026*25
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*214
FY20252816
FY2024244
FY2023195
FY2022139
FY2021167
FY2020166
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Orchepia School of Music, Inc.22
  2. Suika Education, Inc.18
  3. Pacific States University17
  4. Leap Education14
  5. Pepperdine University12
  6. The University of Southern California11
  7. InGenius LLC9
  8. Mentorx Corporation8
  9. C2 Educational Systems, Inc.7
  10. Excellent Student Service7
  11. America Evangelical University7
  12. Bridge Education LLC7
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $66,747; middle half $55,512 to $74,360 · median prevailing wage $55,349 (marker) · 86 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I49
  2. Level II37
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV2
Job titles
  1. Educational Counselor22
  2. Guidance Counselor9
  3. Academic Advisor5
  4. Academic Counselor5
  5. Associate Director of Educational Counseling4
  6. Associate Director of Education Counseling4
  7. Admission Counselor4
  8. School Counselor3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors appears on 2,144 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 707 employers in 249 metropolitan areas; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA accounts for 8.77% of them, and its median offered wage is 21.4% above the national median of $55,000.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
2,144
Metropolitan areas with filings
249
Employers nationwide
707
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$55,000
Share in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
8.77%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ227
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA188
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH97
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV88
  5. Pittsburgh, PA62
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA47
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX35
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN34
  9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA33
  10. St. Louis, MO-IL32
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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