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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 21-1012 · CBSA 47900

Occupation
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (SOC 21-1012)
Metropolitan area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Applications FY2020–FY2026
88
Median offered wage
$61,750
Certified (last three years)
98.1%
Median wage$61,750certified 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: applications by fiscal year

1020FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1020FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202010
FY202112
FY202210
FY202316
FY202420
FY202511
FY2026*9
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*63
FY202592
FY2024182
FY2023142
FY202273
FY2021120
FY202091
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. Georgetown University17
  2. C2 Educational Systems, Inc.14
  3. New Oasis International Education, Inc.14
  4. New Oasis International Education, LLC14
  5. Columbia College11
  6. Buei, LLC Dba Harriet Fulbright College8
  7. University of Northern Virginia8
  8. US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center7
  9. Beida Jade Bird Int'l Education Limited5
  10. Washington Theological Seminary5
  11. Lawyers Without Borders Inc.5
  12. Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care, Inc.4
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 $61,750; middle half $56,650 to $89,486 · median prevailing wage $52,146 (marker) · 44 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I30
  2. Level II5
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV8
Job titles
  1. Center Director9
  2. Academic Advisor6
  3. Program Specialist5
  4. Education Specialist4
  5. Social and Early Child Development Counselor3
  6. International Accreditation Advisor2
  7. School Counselor2
  8. Medical Education Learning Specialist2
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; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV accounts for 4.10% of them, and its median offered wage is 12.3% 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.10%
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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