Highest-paying Cities for Credit Counselors

The top 100 highest paying cities for credit counselors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of credit counselors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,070, Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina is the highest paying city for credit counselors. It is followed by Lincoln, Nebraska (average annual salary $79,240). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of credit counselors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Credit Counselors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$84,070	$43,160	110
2	Lincoln, Nebraska	$79,240	$45,620	40
3	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$78,430	$62,000	50
4	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$70,980	$29,740	n/a
5	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$64,040	$47,580	130
6	Camden, New Jersey	$63,700	$42,800	40
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$63,200	$51,270	120
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$62,910	$45,710	1,500
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$62,600	$38,100	640
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$62,440	$38,420	210
11	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$62,200	$36,510	n/a
12	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$61,460	$37,820	40
13	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$60,960	$34,470	160
14	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$60,610	$45,410	50
15	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$60,370	$35,520	60
16	Salinas, California	$60,320	$41,750	40
17	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$60,170	$36,980	40
18	Kansas City, Missouri	$59,930	$37,860	90
19	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$59,540	$42,140	150
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$58,970	$36,200	800
21	Ithaca, New York	$58,300	$36,270	n/a
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$57,830	$45,120	180
23	Springfield, Massachusetts	$57,200	$37,380	90
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$56,240	$38,960	750
25	Worcester, Massachusetts	$56,130	$40,520	110
26	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$56,040	$40,680	50
27	Stockton, California	$55,900	$34,460	40
28	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$54,840	$29,920	30
29	Appleton, Wisconsin	$54,800	$33,570	n/a
30	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$54,760	$35,420	760
31	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$54,450	$30,160	50
32	Modesto, California	$54,040	$42,970	30
33	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$53,950	$20,050	n/a
34	Mobile, Alabama	$53,790	$31,730	30
35	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$53,730	$39,420	30
36	Montgomery, Alabama	$53,660	$33,500	40
37	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$53,390	$34,850	n/a
38	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$52,950	$34,710	380
39	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$52,780	$39,780	50
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,780	$39,820	980
41	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$52,590	$26,530	490
42	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$52,550	$34,040	40
43	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$52,550	$33,550	930
44	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$52,240	$37,020	50
45	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$52,160	$38,550	40
46	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$52,050	$41,070	100
47	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$52,030	$38,520	190
48	Anchorage, Alaska	$51,750	$40,750	50
49	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$51,590	$30,700	170
50	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$51,360	$35,520	30
51	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$51,290	$36,480	40
52	Charlottesville, Virginia	$51,000	$40,660	50
53	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$51,000	$39,190	40
54	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$50,930	$40,400	40
55	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,810	$34,070	40
56	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,720	$41,550	220
57	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$50,560	$35,620	40
58	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$50,560	$40,130	170
59	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$50,510	$36,630	330
60	Syracuse, New York	$50,440	$37,440	60
61	Manchester, New Hampshire	$50,340	$42,320	170
62	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,330	$45,870	200
63	Tacoma, Washington	$50,320	$37,960	90
64	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$50,270	$44,470	90
65	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,160	$38,730	30
66	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$50,150	$39,800	210
67	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$50,130	$38,200	180
68	Columbia, South Carolina	$50,060	$37,030	40
69	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$49,950	$36,050	150
70	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$49,920	$41,290	490
71	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$49,860	$37,980	50
72	Memphis, Tennessee	$49,820	$37,040	150
73	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$49,710	$36,370	50
74	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$49,650	$36,450	40
75	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$49,570	$31,400	30
76	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$49,530	$36,530	200
77	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$49,520	$34,410	110
78	Rochester, New York	$49,480	$38,890	140
79	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$49,450	$38,190	40
80	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$49,440	$37,070	n/a
81	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$49,410	$40,940	560
82	St Louis, Missouri	$49,310	$30,620	210
83	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$49,090	$44,760	90
84	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$49,040	$34,400	150
85	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$49,000	$31,230	40
86	Winchester, West Virginia	$48,960	$37,450	30
87	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$48,950	$37,340	140
88	Akron, Ohio	$48,840	$37,820	120
89	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$48,780	$31,490	80
90	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,450	$38,540	230
91	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$48,310	$37,690	140
92	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$48,210	$36,390	90
93	Ames, Iowa	$48,140	$30,470	30
94	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$48,120	$32,460	1,290
95	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$48,090	$38,320	230
96	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$48,060	$32,990	280
97	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$48,020	$34,950	50
98	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$47,860	$33,950	30
99	Wilmington, New Jersey	$47,860	$32,160	80
100	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$47,850	$30,410	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for credit counselors.