Counselors, All Other
SOC 21-1019 · 2024-2034
All counselors not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $50,217per year
- Projected openings
- 25,900
- Projected change
- +28.1%
- Usually needs
- Master's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $93,905 | 210 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $68,285 | 200 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $64,096 | 250 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $61,168 | 210 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $60,655 | 1,340 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $57,584 | 100 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $56,495 | 230 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $54,966 | 1,810 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $54,785 | 1,220 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $53,619 | 80 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $53,208 | 350 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $50,496 | 400 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $49,520 | 50 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $49,448 | 2,160 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $48,288 | 690 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $48,205 | 1,870 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $47,733 | 200 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $47,640 | 2,300 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $47,260 | 210 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $47,214 | 8,290 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $47,030 | 2,750 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $45,894 | 890 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $43,871 | 350 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $43,378 | 330 |
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | $60,909 | 86,370 | +26.1% |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | $52,520 | 73,580 | +16.1% |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | $67,025 | 60,640 | +14.1% |
| Marriage and Family Therapists | $69,184 | 46,570 | +30.7% |
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | $88,921 | 40,270 | +5.5% |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | $81,211 | 22,620 | +20.1% |
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