Credit Counselors Salary — Charleston, West Virginia

The average Credit Counselors in Charleston, West Virginia earns $46,280 a year.

$46,280 / year, mean
↓ 21.4% below national average 50th percentile in West Virginia

Charleston sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within West Virginia — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for credit counselors, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
30
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.4%
Cost of living 89 #171 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $148,817 #184 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,089 #175 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Charleston ranks #171 for cost of living and #184 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $85,720 San Jose $77,410 Sacramento $76,900 San Diego $72,810 New York $69,170 Seattle $68,610 Los Angeles $68,340 Riverside $67,870 Fresno $66,940 Kiryas Joel $66,540 Harrisburg $65,640 Ithaca $64,600 Portland $64,260 Albany $64,060 Rochester $63,710 Oxnard $63,080 Santa Maria $62,640 Eugene $62,540 Philadelphia $62,150 Syracuse $62,070 Lancaster $60,640 Baltimore $60,130 Buffalo $59,790 Pittsburgh $59,330 Chicago $58,750 Allentown $58,380 Ann Arbor $58,160 Detroit $57,410 Saginaw $56,690 Lexington $56,630 Spokane $56,230 Jacksonville $55,310 Lansing $54,530 Scranton $53,720 Miami $53,660 Richmond $53,380 Longview $53,120 Virginia Beach $53,120 McAllen $52,650 Dallas $52,330 Grand Rapids $52,170 Flint $52,030 Houston $51,860 Austin $51,850 Louisville $51,490 Tyler $50,880 Tampa $50,380 Fort Wayne $50,310 San Antonio $49,910 Roanoke $49,610 Deltona $49,290 Indianapolis $49,220 South Bend $48,680 Orlando $48,250 Kalamazoo $48,050 Brownsville $47,640 Fort Myers $47,350 Evansville $47,290 Morgantown $46,340 Lakeland $46,290 Charleston $46,280 El Paso $44,910 Lubbock $44,540 College Station $44,500 Amarillo $43,330 Beaumont $41,960
CityMean salaryvs. Charleston
Albany, New York$64,060+38.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$58,380+26.1%
Amarillo, Texas$43,330-6.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$58,160+25.7%
Austin, Texas$51,850+12.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$60,130+29.9%
Beaumont, Texas$41,960-9.3%
Brownsville, Texas$47,640+2.9%
Buffalo, New York$59,790+29.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$47,350+2.3%
Chicago, Illinois$58,750+26.9%
College Station, Texas$44,500-3.8%
Dallas, Texas$52,330+13.1%
Deltona, Florida$49,290+6.5%
Detroit, Michigan$57,410+24.0%
El Paso, Texas$44,910-3.0%
Eugene, Oregon$62,540+35.1%
Evansville, Indiana$47,290+2.2%
Flint, Michigan$52,030+12.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$50,310+8.7%
Fresno, California$66,940+44.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$52,170+12.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$65,640+41.8%
Houston, Texas$51,860+12.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$49,220+6.4%
Ithaca, New York$64,600+39.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$55,310+19.5%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$48,050+3.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$66,540+43.8%
Lakeland, Florida$46,290+0.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$60,640+31.0%
Lansing, Michigan$54,530+17.8%
Lexington, Kentucky$56,630+22.4%
Longview, Texas$53,120+14.8%
Los Angeles, California$68,340+47.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$51,490+11.3%
Lubbock, Texas$44,540-3.8%
McAllen, Texas$52,650+13.8%
Miami, Florida$53,660+15.9%
Morgantown, West Virginia$46,340+0.1%
New York, New York$69,170+49.5%
Orlando, Florida$48,250+4.3%
Oxnard, California$63,080+36.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$62,150+34.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$59,330+28.2%
Portland, Oregon$64,260+38.9%
Richmond, Virginia$53,380+15.3%
Riverside, California$67,870+46.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$49,610+7.2%
Rochester, New York$63,710+37.7%
Sacramento, California$76,900+66.2%
Saginaw, Michigan$56,690+22.5%
San Antonio, Texas$49,910+7.8%
San Diego, California$72,810+57.3%
San Francisco, California$85,720+85.2%
San Jose, California$77,410+67.3%
Santa Maria, California$62,640+35.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$53,720+16.1%
Seattle, Washington$68,610+48.2%
South Bend, Indiana$48,680+5.2%
Spokane, Washington$56,230+21.5%
Syracuse, New York$62,070+34.1%
Tampa, Florida$50,380+8.9%
Tyler, Texas$50,880+9.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$53,120+14.8%
Gross salary
46,280/yr
Estimated take-home
38,079/yr
Est. total withheld
17.7%

Single filer, federal + West Virginia state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-2071 SOC code
Official area Charleston, WV BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: West Virginia

Population (metro area)
207,456