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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 21-1012 · CBSA 35620

Occupation
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (SOC 21-1012)
Metropolitan area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Applications FY2020–FY2026
227
Median offered wage
$66,749
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Median wage$66,749certified 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: applications by fiscal year

2142FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2142FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202042
FY202125
FY202233
FY202327
FY202431
FY202537
FY2026*32
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*248
FY2025361
FY2024301
FY2023243
FY2022294
FY2021223
FY2020384
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. Monroe College Ltd.58
  2. Thinktown Education Inc19
  3. New York City Department of Education18
  4. Research Foundation of CUNY14
  5. Guo Consulting, LLC14
  6. The Parachute Project Inc.12
  7. Ivy Elite Inc.12
  8. Keio Academy of New York10
  9. BP Career Consulting Inc9
  10. Phemia Education Consulting LLC9
  11. Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Inc.8
  12. InAmericaedu, 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 $66,749; middle half $60,000 to $75,000 · median prevailing wage $62,774 (marker) · 113 applications.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I44
  2. Level II46
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV14
Job titles
  1. Educational Counselor32
  2. Education Counselor29
  3. Academic Counselor8
  4. School Counselor7
  5. Art College Portfolio Preparation Counselor6
  6. Academic Advisor5
  7. Education Specialist5
  8. Psychological Tester5
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; New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ accounts for 10.59% 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
10.59%
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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