Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Education & Training · Professional Support Services
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $37,540; experienced workers reach $97,510. About 3,120 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +12.5%
- Openings a year
- 292
- Employed in 2024
- 3,080
Typical entry education: Master's degree
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Active Listening4.1
- Social Perceptiveness4.9
- Speaking4.0
- Service Orientation4.0
- Reading Comprehension4.3
- Writing4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Active Learning4.0
What the work is
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- Provide students with information on topics such as college degree programs and admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and apprenticeship programs.
- Teach classes and present self-help or information sessions on subjects related to education and career planning.
- Conduct follow-up interviews with counselees to determine if their needs have been met.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- Associate degree3%
- Bachelor's degree56%
- Master's degree41%
Job zone 5, extensive preparation: A graduate or professional degree, usually after a bachelor's.
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