What are the main factors that influence an After Care Counselor's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for After Care Counselor?

The Construction industry offers the highest average compensation for After Care Counselor roles, with salaries approximately 15% above the market median.

How does experience change An After Care Counselor's salary?

An After Care Counselor's salary grows with experience: starting around $74,977 for beginners, reaching about $77,259 at mid-level, and approach $78,958 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an After Care Counselor?

After Care Counselor salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for After Care Counselor roles are District of Columbia $87,793, California $87,460, Massachusetts $86,294. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of After Care Counselor roles make?

Salaries for After Care Counselor level roles vary by specialization: After School Lead Counselor: $117,844; After Care Instructor: $64,556; After School Program Counselor: $62,253; After School Counselor: $61,768; After School Care Assistant: $55,280.

After Care Counselor Salary in Vermont

How much does an After Care Counselor make in Vermont? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an After Care Counselor in Vermont is $77,826 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $37.

However, an After Care Counselor's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $85,615
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $72,524 to $81,903
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $67,697

10% $67,697

50% (Median) $77,826

90% $85,615

After Care Counselor Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$81,903	$6,825	$1,575	$39
Average	$77,826	$6,485	$1,497	$37
25th Percentile	$72,524	$6,044	$1,395	$35

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Key Factors That Influence After Care Counselor Salaries

An After Care Counselor's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects After Care Counselor Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an After Care Counselor's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $74,977
Early Career (1-2 years): $75,159
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $77,259
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $78,845
Expert (over 8 years): $78,958

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level After Care Counselor	less than 1 year	$74,977
Early Career Level After Care Counselor	1-2 years	$75,159
Mid-Level Level After Care Counselor	2-4 years	$77,259
Senior-Level Level After Care Counselor	5-8 years	$78,845
Expert Level After Care Counselor	over 8 years	$78,958

How Do After Care Counselor Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract After Care Counselors. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $87,793.
California: $87,460.
Massachusetts: $86,294.

District of Columbia $87,793 California $87,460 Massachusetts $86,294 Washington $85,977 New Jersey $85,945 Alaska $85,834 Connecticut $84,740 New York $84,296

Hawaii $82,877 Rhode Island $82,211 Maryland $81,759 Minnesota $81,140 Colorado $80,902 Illinois $80,823 Oregon $80,522 Delaware $80,300

New Hampshire $80,160 Virginia $79,848 Pennsylvania $78,936 Nevada $78,476 North Dakota $78,325 Michigan $78,087 Wisconsin $78,000 Vermont $77,826

Texas $77,342 Maine $77,310 Arizona $77,263 Ohio $77,207 Georgia $76,478 Indiana $76,113 Wyoming $76,042 Utah $75,931

Iowa $75,883 Kansas $75,502 Louisiana $75,391 North Carolina $75,352 Missouri $75,336 Florida $75,027 Montana $74,860 Nebraska $74,702

Kentucky $74,614 South Carolina $74,297 Tennessee $74,099 Idaho $74,020 New Mexico $73,441 Oklahoma $73,314 Alabama $72,846 South Dakota $72,061

Arkansas $71,633 West Virginia $71,403 Mississippi $70,713

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Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Adamant: $79,661
Barre: $79,781
Cabot: $79,606

Adamant, VT $79,661

Barre, VT $79,781

Cabot, VT $79,606

Calais, VT $79,676

East Barre, VT $79,660

East Calais, VT $79,661

East Montpelier, VT $79,714

Eden, VT $79,609

Eden Mills, VT $79,537

Graniteville, VT $79,776

Hyde Park, VT $79,726

Johnson, VT $79,827

Lake Elmore, VT $79,638

Marshfield, VT $79,619

Moretown, VT $79,833

Morrisville, VT $79,823

Moscow, VT $79,864

Northfield, VT $79,735

Northfield Falls, VT $80,108

North Hyde Park, VT $79,721

North Montpelier, VT $79,641

Plainfield, VT $79,630

Roxbury, VT $79,495

South Barre, VT $79,874

Waterbury, VT $79,856

Stowe, VT $79,867

Waitsfield, VT $79,822

Warren, VT $79,673

Washington, VT $79,518

Waterbury Center, VT $79,853

Websterville, VT $79,764

Williamstown, VT $79,671

Wolcott, VT $79,627

Woodbury, VT $79,549

Worcester, VT $79,628

Rutland, VT $79,626

Belmont, VT $79,380

Benson, VT $79,379

Bomoseen, VT $79,504

Brandon, VT $79,563

Bridport, VT $79,572

Castleton, VT $79,519

Center Rutland, VT $79,574

Chittenden, VT $79,391

Cuttingsville, VT $79,363

Danby, VT $79,499

East Middlebury, VT $79,615

East Poultney, VT $79,507

East Wallingford, VT $79,421

Fair Haven, VT $79,450

Florence, VT $79,422

Forest Dale, VT $79,566

Gaysville, VT $79,061

Granville, VT $79,435

Hancock, VT $79,422

Hydeville, VT $79,514

Killington, VT $79,413

Middlebury, VT $79,738

Middletown Springs, VT $79,465

Mount Holly, VT $79,391

North Clarendon, VT $79,507

Orwell, VT $79,499

Pawlet, VT $79,527

Pittsfield, VT $79,459

Pittsford, VT $79,535

Poultney, VT $79,520

Proctor, VT $79,608

Ripton, VT $79,516

Rochester, VT $79,475

Rupert, VT $79,467

Salisbury, VT $79,594

Shoreham, VT $79,527

Stockbridge, VT $79,385

Wallingford, VT $79,428

Wells, VT $79,530

West Pawlet, VT $79,557

West Rupert, VT $79,538

West Rutland, VT $79,490

Whiting, VT $79,530

Saint Johnsbury, VT $79,615

Albany, VT $79,569

Barnet, VT $79,530

Barton, VT $79,561

Beebe Plain, VT $79,584

Concord, VT $79,455

Coventry, VT $79,677

Craftsbury, VT $79,592

Craftsbury Common, VT $79,596

Danville, VT $79,548

Derby, VT $79,584

Derby Line, VT $79,525

East Burke, VT $79,523

East Charleston, VT $79,530

East Hardwick, VT $79,573

East Haven, VT $79,349

East Saint Johnsbury, VT $79,614

Glover, VT $79,537

Granby, VT $79,251

Greensboro, VT $79,510

Greensboro Bend, VT $79,561

Hardwick, VT $79,649

Irasburg, VT $79,541

Island Pond, VT $79,411

Lowell, VT $79,514

Lower Waterford, VT $79,605

Lyndon, VT $79,591

Lyndon Center, VT $79,680

Lyndonville, VT $79,594

Morgan, VT $79,450

Newport, VT $79,632

Newport Center, VT $79,530

North Concord, VT $79,323

North Troy, VT $79,542

Orleans, VT $79,511

Passumpsic, VT $79,620

Peacham, VT $79,460

Saint Johnsbury Center, VT $79,622

Sheffield, VT $79,481

Sutton, VT $79,475

Troy, VT $79,550

West Burke, VT $79,528

West Charleston, VT $79,491

West Danville, VT $79,553

Westfield, VT $79,489

West Glover, VT $79,544

Averill, VT $79,081

Beecher Falls, VT $79,594

Canaan, VT $79,396

Gilman, VT $79,745

Guildhall, VT $79,291

Lunenburg, VT $79,464

Norton, VT $79,239

North Bennington, VT $80,124

North Pownal, VT $80,286

Pownal, VT $80,331

White River Junction, VT $79,605

Ascutney, VT $79,642

Barnard, VT $79,424

Bethel, VT $79,473

Bradford, VT $79,557

Bridgewater, VT $79,506

Bridgewater Corners, VT $79,348

Brookfield, VT $79,551

Brownsville, VT $79,507

Chelsea, VT $79,505

Corinth, VT $79,484

East Corinth, VT $79,517

East Randolph, VT $79,532

East Ryegate, VT $79,463

East Thetford, VT $79,561

Fairlee, VT $79,476

Groton, VT $79,497

Hartford, VT $79,812

Hartland, VT $79,533

Hartland Four Corners, VT $79,530

Mc Indoe Falls, VT $79,734

Newbury, VT $79,488

North Hartland, VT $79,589

North Pomfret, VT $79,453

North Thetford, VT $79,560

Norwich, VT $79,544

Plymouth, VT $79,291

Post Mills, VT $79,542

Quechee, VT $79,625

Randolph, VT $79,611

Randolph Center, VT $79,570

Reading, VT $79,357

Sharon, VT $79,472

South Pomfret, VT $79,396

South Royalton, VT $79,495

South Ryegate, VT $79,511

South Strafford, VT $79,491

South Woodstock, VT $79,377

Strafford, VT $79,422

Taftsville, VT $79,631

Thetford, VT $79,561

Thetford Center, VT $79,478

Topsham, VT $79,454

Tunbridge, VT $79,469

Vershire, VT $79,432

Wells River, VT $79,516

West Fairlee, VT $79,662

West Hartford, VT $79,454

West Newbury, VT $79,485

West Topsham, VT $79,518

Wilder, VT $79,816

Windsor, VT $79,565

Woodstock, VT $79,468

Bellows Falls, VT $79,758

Cambridgeport, VT $79,667

Cavendish, VT $79,402

Chester, VT $79,481

Chester Depot, VT $79,453

Grafton, VT $79,421

Londonderry, VT $79,564

Ludlow, VT $79,443

North Springfield, VT $79,721

Perkinsville, VT $79,504

Peru, VT $79,481

Proctorsville, VT $79,416

Saxtons River, VT $79,741

South Londonderry, VT $79,613

Springfield, VT $79,682

Westminster, VT $79,757

Westminster Station, VT $79,763

Weston, VT $79,399

Shaftsbury, VT $80,029

Brattleboro, VT $79,921

Bondville, VT $79,590

East Dover, VT $79,752

Jacksonville, VT $79,952

Jamaica, VT $79,592

Marlboro, VT $80,316

Newfane, VT $79,699

Putney, VT $79,683

Readsboro, VT $80,326

South Newfane, VT $79,727

Stamford, VT $80,268

Townshend, VT $79,627

Vernon, VT $80,165

Wardsboro, VT $79,685

West Dover, VT $79,816

West Dummerston, VT $79,719

West Halifax, VT $79,842

West Townshend, VT $79,520

West Wardsboro, VT $79,522

Whitingham, VT $79,924

Williamsville, VT $79,719

Wilmington, VT $79,875

Burlington, VT $80,093

South Burlington, VT $80,089

Winooski, VT $80,093

Colchester, VT $80,093

Alburgh, VT $79,694

Bakersfield, VT $79,812

Belvidere Center, VT $79,523

Bristol, VT $79,829

Cambridge, VT $79,924

Charlotte, VT $79,985

East Berkshire, VT $79,735

East Fairfield, VT $79,854

Enosburg Falls, VT $79,634

Essex, VT $80,032

Essex Junction, VT $80,038

Fairfax, VT $79,929

Fairfield, VT $79,852

Ferrisburgh, VT $79,896

Franklin, VT $79,638

Grand Isle, VT $79,937

Highgate Center, VT $79,706

Highgate Springs, VT $79,746

Hinesburg, VT $79,983

Huntington, VT $79,923

Isle La Motte, VT $79,793

Jeffersonville, VT $79,870

Jericho, VT $79,966

Jonesville, VT $79,982

Milton, VT $80,004

Monkton, VT $79,919

Montgomery, VT $79,634

Montgomery Center, VT $79,537

New Haven, VT $79,819

North Ferrisburgh, VT $79,932

North Hero, VT $79,852

Richford, VT $79,620

Richmond, VT $79,975

Saint Albans, VT $79,888

Saint Albans Bay, VT $79,878

Shelburne, VT $80,058

Sheldon, VT $79,793

Sheldon Springs, VT $79,989

South Hero, VT $80,009

Starksboro, VT $79,875

Swanton, VT $79,779

Underhill, VT $79,948

Underhill Center, VT $79,950

Vergennes, VT $79,795

Waterville, VT $79,821

Westford, VT $79,987

Williston, VT $80,047

Montpelier, VT $79,768

Bennington, VT $80,183

Arlington, VT $79,901

Dorset, VT $79,590

East Arlington, VT $79,560

East Dorset, VT $79,592

Manchester, VT $79,806

Manchester Center, VT $79,754

After Care Counselor Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For After Care Counselor roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 35% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Construction and Aerospace & Defense sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 15% above the average. In contrast, After Care Counselor positions in Hospitality & Leisure or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view After Care Counselor as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an After Care Counselor

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Construction	$89,500	$43.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$87,165	$42.0	12%
Telecom	$86,387	$42.0	11%
Energy & Utilities	$85,608	$41.0	10%
Business Services	$84,052	$40.0	8%

After Care Counselor Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an After Care Counselor's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$72,524

Average $77,826/year

$81,903

$6,044

Average $6,485/month

$6,825

$1,395

Average $1,497/week

$1,575

$35

Average $37/hour

$39

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$81,903	$6,825	$1,575	$39
Average	$77,826	$6,485	$1,497	$37
25th Percentile	$72,524	$6,044	$1,395	$35

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