Do Academic Advisers Get Paid Well?
Academic advisers may work with students of all ages, from kindergarteners to adults in continuing education programs or postsecondary institutions. They typically use a variety of strategies, including interviews and aptitude tests, to determine what education and career plan will best suit a student, and advise them on any issues they may run into during the course of their education. Because licensed academic advisers are usually required to possess a master’s degree, they are paid well.
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Pay for academic advisers averaged at $55,970 a year in the United States as of May 2010, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Advisers in the bottom 10 percent earned less than $31,630 a year, while those in the top 10 percent earned over $86,250. The median income for academic advisers was $53,380.
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Elementary and secondary schools offered a salary average of $62,310 for academic advisers as of 2010, according to the bureau. Those working in colleges, universities and professional schools earned an average of $48,770, and those working in junior colleges earned an average of $56,160. In the industry of vocational rehabilitation services the average income of an academic adviser was $39,820 a year, and in individual and family services the average was $37,580. Academic advisers also work in technical and trade schools for the average of $49,540. The highest wages were earned by those advisers working for the federal executive branch for an average of $70,230 a year or in the industry of agencies, brokerages and other insurance-related activities for the average of $72,080 a year.
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The bureau names Louisiana as the state with the highest concentration of jobs for academic advisers, with 3.09 employed per every thousand, earning an average salary of $51,660 as of 2010. New Jersey was the top paying state for these workers with a salary average of $70,690 annually. Alaska ranked second with a salary average of $67,530, and Maryland followed with an average of $64,290.
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Academic advisers will see an employment rate increase of 14 percent between 2008 and 2018, a rate the bureau deems “faster than the average rate” for all occupations in the United States. In addition to providing academic and vocational guidance, advisers in schools are increasingly becoming more involved in crisis and preventive counseling, working with students on issues such as peer pressure or drug and alcohol abuse.
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