Genetic Counselor Salary in Pennsylvania

How much does a Genetic Counselor make in PA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Genetic Counselor in Pennsylvania is $87,709. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $71,670 to a high of $106,806, with most professionals earning between $79,314 and $97,705.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Stroudsburg, PA	Avg. Salary $88,907	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Aaronsburg, PA	Avg. Salary $85,436	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Abbottstown, PA	Avg. Salary $84,898	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Abington, PA	Avg. Salary $92,017	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ackermanville, PA	Avg. Salary $92,264	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acme, PA	Avg. Salary $81,207	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acosta, PA	Avg. Salary $77,956	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adah, PA	Avg. Salary $85,251	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adamsburg, PA	Avg. Salary $85,427	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adamstown, PA	Avg. Salary $86,951	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a Genetic Counselor do?

Common responsibilities of a Genetic Counselor

Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and works under minimal supervision.

December 15, 2022

Maintains patients' files and records, such as number of patients counseled and types of referrals, according to departmental and laboratory standards.

December 22, 2022

Demonstrated clinical, counseling, interpersonal, analytical, communication, presentation, and instructional skills.

December 26, 2022

Participate in the training of genetic counseling students through the Northwestern University Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling.

January 07, 2023

Obtain informed consent to participate in NIDCD genetic research protocols, including whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing.

January 17, 2023

Participates in prenatal diagnosis clinics by reviewing charts, providing genetic counseling to prenatal patients for a wide range of indications, developing comprehensive plan of care for high-risk pregnancies with the Maternal-Fetal-Medicine physicians, providing emotional support to patients, coordinating genetic/follow-up testing and referrals to other specialists, completing documentation of the patient visit including summary letters to patients and referring physicians in a timely manner, assisting with specialty prenatal diagnosis clinics as assigned .

March 15, 2023

Provides counseling for patients and their families around prenatal genetic issues (including advanced maternal age, prior infant/pregnancy with a genetic syndrome or birth defect, carrier screening, aneuploidy screening, ultrasound findings, diagnostic testing, family history of birth defect or genetic condition, and consanguinity).

March 25, 2023

Develops curricula and conducts lectures, small group discussions, and individual instruction for nursing, laboratory, and medical staff in all primary care and specialty areas.

April 06, 2023

Reviews patient chart and evaluates family history through investigation of outside records, examination of affected individuals, or family testing of chromosome analysis, DNA studies, metabolic screening, etc.

April 18, 2023

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Pennsylvania (/ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪniə/ (listen) PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east. Pennsylvania is the 33rd-largest state by area, and the 6th-most populous state according to the most recent of...

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