Counseling Professionals Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

There are an estimated 27,000 counseling professionals nationally. Most recently, workers have experienced a low level of joblessness. An estimated 3% of employees did not have employment in 2006.

Flexibility

Counseling professionals, in about 6% of cases, work for themselves. Workers employed part-time are 15% of the total.

Education

Employees often find employers are looking for a master's degree. Counseling professionals, in 73% of cases, have bachelor's degree or higher. After high school, 18% of workers pursued some additional career education. Employees, in 9% of cases, had only a high school education.

Local Outlook

Counseling professionals -of-a-feather seem to flock to Abilene (Texas), Fresno (California), and Wichita Falls (Texas). They are less likely to be found around Portland (Oregon), Seattle (Washington), and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Compensation of workers is best in Brownsville (Texas), El Paso (Texas), and Dallas (Texas), and much worse in Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Scranton (Pennsylvania), and Salisbury (Maryland).

Detailed local employment conditions for Counseling Professionals in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Counseling Professionals

Employment info for Counseling Professionals, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Arizona	Phoenix	0.48	140	$42,000
California	Bakersfield	1.04	40	$33,000
California	Fresno	8.74	430	$47,000
California	Los Angeles	0.77	490	$43,000
California	Oakland	1.54	240	$43,000
California	Riverside	2.2	440	$40,000
California	Sacramento	0.87	120	$46,000
California	San Diego	0.49	100	$37,000
California	San Francisco	2.55	380	$44,000
California	San Jose	0.87	120	$43,000
Connecticut	Hartford	0.93	80	$37,000
District of Columbia	Washington	0.65	230	$44,000
Florida	Deltona	5.2	120	$28,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	3.33	380	$36,000
Florida	Gainesville	3.18	50	$39,000
Florida	Jacksonville	2.59	240	$40,000
Florida	Miami	1.84	280	$37,000
Florida	Naples	3.25	60	$38,000
Florida	Orlando	2.09	340	$36,000
Florida	Pensacola	3.54	80	$35,000
Florida	Tallahassee	2.1	50	$39,000
Florida	Tampa	2.35	450	$36,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	1.29	110	$49,000
Georgia	Atlanta	0.41	150	$42,000
Illinois	Champaign	4.13	50	$33,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.59	940	$34,000
Illinois	Peoria	2.09	50	$43,000
Illinois	Rockford	2.77	60	$34,000
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	2.6	50	$21,000
Louisiana	Lake Charles	2.48	30	$28,000
Louisiana	New Orleans	2.12	160	$32,000
Louisiana	Shreveport	3.28	80	$33,000
Maryland	Baltimore	1.07	210	$39,000
Maryland	Salisbury	4.37	30	$31,000
Massachusetts	Boston	1.11	290	$34,000
Massachusetts	Lynn	2.84	40	$32,000
Michigan	Grand Rapids	1.57	90	$44,000
Michigan	Warren	0.45	80	$46,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	0.72	200	$39,000
Missouri	Kansas City	1.87	290	$40,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	0.63	90	$48,000
New Hampshire	Manchester	4.3	60	$33,000
New Jersey	Edison	2.9	450	$37,000
New Jersey	Newark	5.47	840	$43,000
New Jersey	Trenton	7.18	230	$38,000
New Jersey	Vineland	7.7	60	$42,000
New York	Albany	1.53	100	$40,000
New York	Nassau	0.74	140	$42,000
New York	New York	1.59	1,230	$37,000
New York	Rochester	0.8	60	$36,000
North Dakota	Fargo	2.46	40	$34,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	1.02	160	$42,000
Ohio	Dayton	0.85	50	$42,000
Ohio	Youngstown	0.85	30	$50,000
Oregon	Portland	0.38	60	$50,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	0.67	30	$43,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	0.32	90	$46,000
Pennsylvania	Scranton	0.78	30	$22,000
Rhode Island	Providence	3.06	270	$26,000
Tennessee	Memphis	1.05	100	$36,000
Texas	Abilene	11.13	90
Texas	Austin	2.39	270	$48,000
Texas	Beaumont	2.21	50	$54,000
Texas	Brownsville	6.95	120	$58,000
Texas	Corpus Christi	6.01	150	$47,000
Texas	Dallas	2.15	680	$57,000
Texas	El Paso	6.84	260	$58,000
Texas	Fort Worth	5.08	640	$56,000
Texas	Houston	3.47	1,330	$53,000
Texas	Killeen	6.78	110	$48,000
Texas	Longview	3.15	40	$54,000
Texas	Mcallen	4.58	140	$52,000
Texas	San Antonio	1.78	220	$56,000
Texas	Texarkana	6.08	40	$52,000
Texas	Waco	5.19	70	$45,000
Texas	Wichita Falls	8.08	60	$51,000
Virginia	Richmond	1.85	170	$34,000
Virginia	Roanoke	2.62	60	$31,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1.22	140	$39,000
Washington	Seattle	0.32	70	$58,000
Wisconsin	Madison	2.46	120	$45,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	2.22	290	$42,000
Wisconsin	Racine	3.76	40	$41,000