Credit Counselors Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Credit Counselors positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$50,480

National average

Salary Range

$38,980 – $77,920

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Credit Counselors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$76,880$47,310$100,510
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$76,180$48,970$100,150
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$75,280$58,410$96,120
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$69,730$50,860$84,330
Lincoln, NE$68,230$48,240$95,120
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$66,770$46,220$90,640
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$66,290$46,820$96,320
California$65,820$44,970$94,310
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$65,490$46,630$90,900
Fresno, CA$65,260$43,210$80,850
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$64,920$43,580$88,310
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$64,220$46,570$93,660
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$64,070$44,950$79,790
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$63,330$50,920$101,280
New Jersey$63,330$47,130$82,020
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$62,290$43,570$98,870
Boise City, ID$62,230$48,710$65,430
New York$62,090$48,310$100,390
Massachusetts$62,060$43,570$95,640
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$61,810$48,290$96,190
District of Columbia$61,810$52,350$97,560
Ithaca, NY$61,630$47,470$79,280
Washington$61,170$47,180$80,520
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$61,170$45,890$83,440
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$60,710$44,500$78,520
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$60,690$51,010$93,170
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$60,340$39,100$170,760
Worcester, MA$59,290$47,020$77,510
Oregon$58,730$46,220$78,360
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$58,720$47,560$81,130
Minnesota$58,640$45,850$69,040
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$58,450$46,530$65,880
Maryland$58,300$49,150$83,370
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$58,220$40,040$80,060
Rhode Island$58,220$48,210$77,540
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$58,020$40,540$71,400
Cleveland, OH$57,800$40,220$71,730
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$57,530$46,700$62,290
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$57,490$45,500$82,460
Georgia$57,300$46,700$62,290
Reno, NV$57,250$46,200$81,750
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$57,240$49,150$77,460
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$56,810$38,060$95,260
Rochester, NY$56,480$44,370$91,870
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$55,850$47,230$82,910
Winston-Salem, NC$55,830$43,680$69,070
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$55,590$47,910$77,610
Madison, WI$55,590$46,570$79,970
Idaho$55,520$45,450$78,590
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$55,510$45,850$69,220
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$55,500$43,610$76,070
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$55,110$45,060$61,840
Ann Arbor, MI$54,550$48,720$65,150
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$54,330$36,540$75,790
New Hampshire$53,990$40,040$76,430
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$53,820$44,660$64,830
Syracuse, NY$53,560$47,870$97,560
Colorado Springs, CO$53,560$43,670$74,820
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$53,440$42,630$76,310
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$53,270$51,000$81,240
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$53,150$40,420$62,610
Harrisonburg, VA$52,770$39,270$82,570
Ohio$52,470$38,880$74,190
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$52,450$38,040$69,910
Duluth, MN-WI$52,380$46,690$63,170
Delaware$52,310$45,310$77,690
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$52,280$46,420$79,750
Springfield, MA$51,980$40,610$80,450
Nevada$51,960$41,040$64,750
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$51,770$39,720$68,060
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$51,680$39,870$61,240
Colorado$51,670$43,670$74,190
Wisconsin$51,340$43,140$65,630
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$51,340$36,160$63,130
Virginia$51,330$39,560$77,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$51,260$35,660$82,460
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$51,190$40,730$85,550
Illinois$51,160$40,170$76,510
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$51,150$43,820$73,640
Pittsburgh, PA$51,000$39,440$80,860
Michigan$51,000$40,720$90,800
Nebraska$50,890$39,780$97,650
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$50,830$38,420$140,380
Green Bay, WI$50,770$46,790$64,280
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$50,650$42,800$83,320
Richmond, VA$50,560$40,660$68,470
Indiana$50,440$37,050$63,110
North Dakota$50,430$47,340$62,040
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$50,320$39,480$66,880
Columbus, OH$50,220$38,990$84,000
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$50,100$39,860$67,360
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$49,860$40,070$66,520
Omaha, NE-IA$49,710$39,790$76,480
North Carolina$49,670$39,860$78,270
South Dakota$49,610$36,490$115,480
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$49,430$40,130$60,980
South Carolina$49,420$37,740$59,110
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$49,320$30,290$60,170
Utah$49,250$38,980$140,380
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$49,250$43,740$59,260
Roanoke, VA$49,240$39,400$64,640
Jacksonville, FL$49,220$35,740$67,800
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,050$38,830$66,410
Pennsylvania$49,040$40,260$71,530
Lexington-Fayette, KY$48,990$41,490$70,020
Cedar Rapids, IA$48,890$35,040$52,690
Manchester-Nashua, NH$48,870$40,040$66,370
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$48,850$42,840$75,940
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$48,590$31,190$66,090
Peoria, IL$48,500$39,630$50,230
Connecticut$48,380$39,950$82,460
Florida$48,340$36,020$61,210
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$48,250$39,010$72,410
St. Louis, MO-IL$48,060$36,090$51,580
Alabama$48,040$38,940$72,580
Birmingham, AL$48,040$40,760$75,970
Maine$47,910$42,210$63,750
Albuquerque, NM$47,770$40,570$54,270
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$47,770$42,080$65,590
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$47,700$36,590$76,580
Kentucky$47,680$34,740$70,020
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$47,650$38,260$55,280
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$47,540$37,390$62,680
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$47,410$30,590$60,020
College Station-Bryan, TX$47,400$35,820$61,220
Saginaw, MI$47,390$42,260$60,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$47,310$38,630$59,810
Arizona$47,300$38,420$61,720
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,140$44,050$60,410
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$47,080$33,120$60,230
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$47,070$37,440$63,240
Louisiana$47,060$37,390$56,320
Texas$46,910$36,180$61,140
Missouri$46,860$37,760$51,150
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$46,850$38,670$59,760
Tulsa, OK$46,820$39,920$64,370
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$46,610$39,920$61,830
Winchester, VA-WV$46,600$46,340$65,980
Iowa$46,590$37,860$54,240
Ames, IA$46,500$40,160$55,890
Jackson, MS$46,410$31,010$62,700
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$46,390$39,100$57,450
New Mexico$46,340$40,570$57,300
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$46,340$40,660$57,300
Evansville, IN$46,310$37,560$62,830
Toledo, OH$46,070$38,380$60,280
Visalia, CA$45,970$34,150$73,520
Montgomery, AL$45,970$39,010$72,150
Tucson, AZ$45,950$38,930$61,720
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$45,900$37,310$64,990
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$45,670$38,310$81,010
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$44,820$33,060$72,690
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,400$39,900$53,710
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,320$34,930$53,000
Tennessee$44,300$36,770$70,810
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$43,370$36,870$57,530
Montana$42,520$39,410$54,140
Morgantown, WV$42,300$37,230$63,060
Oklahoma$42,250$37,060$64,370
Raleigh-Cary, NC$42,100$41,010$79,170
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$41,490$33,380$56,610
Oklahoma City, OK$41,390$39,560$62,440
West Virginia$40,940$36,330$51,900
Janesville-Beloit, WI$40,620$37,560$49,640
Arkansas$40,410$30,850$65,960
Lancaster, PA$40,260$40,260$57,820
Lubbock, TX$39,810$27,260$49,340
Abilene, TX$39,790$35,890$45,390
El Paso, TX$39,510$31,180$56,900
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,490$34,300$59,880
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$39,450$26,060$62,000
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$39,320$34,810$48,640
Mississippi$39,100$31,510$65,200
Longview, TX$39,000$37,630$57,920
Amarillo, TX$38,940$33,290$56,190
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,670$38,670$59,150
Laredo, TX$38,410$30,130$68,270
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,060$37,060$61,620
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$37,030$37,030$49,710
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$31,550$31,550$65,200

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Credit Counselors make?

The median annual salary for a Credit Counselors is $50,480, with a typical range of $38,980 – $77,920 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Credit Counselors?

Entry-level Credit Counselors positions typically start around $38,980 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Credit Counselorss earn the most?

Credit Counselorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.