Exactly 5,640 of the 64,500 counseling professionals employed in California, work in Alameda. Between 2006 and 2010, in Alameda, there has been a 22% growth in the number of counseling professionals. As the number of counseling professionals in Alameda has increased, overall employment in Alameda has also increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Alameda has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have also increased. In 2010 Alameda counseling professionals earned an average yearly salary of $55,732. Counseling professionals in Alameda made a yearly average salary of $53,687, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Alameda.

Counseling professionals in Alameda earn a median salary of $50,970 per year. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,072 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 182% higher salaries.

On average counseling professionals in Alameda earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Alameda.

Many of Alameda's counseling professionals are graduates of the only accredited counseling school in the city.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in counseling offered by Alameda's counseling schools.

Approximately 109 students completed counseling courses in 2010.