Making money as a career coach
What Can I Earn as a Career Coach?
On average, IACC-certified career coaches earn $137K USD a year.
What you’ll earn as an IACC-certified career coach depends on your region, the macroeconomic environment, and your own choices. In the United States, a certified career coach can expect to earn an average of $140K per year—some of our coaches make $400-500K.
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As a point of comparison, US life coaches tend to make between $22K and $51K a year depending on the region. The average salary for school guidance counsellors is around $57K. In other words, if you’re attracted to coaching in general, career coaching is, in addition to being rewarding and exciting, relatively lucrative.
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Do you want to learn how to run your own business helping people build careers they love?
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In the IACC's Senior Professional Career Coach (SPCC)® Certification you'll learn:
Who you'll meet
Cara Heilmann is the International Association of Career Coaches' Founding Instructor and President.
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With over 20 years of experience in talent acquisition and HR leadership, Cara left the corporate world in 2013 to empower job seekers and transform their careers.
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She then went on to found the International Association of Career Coaches to help others find their path to starting a successful career coaching business.
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