Exactly 480 of the 12,230 counseling professionals employed in Georgia, work in Augusta. There has been a 41% decline in the number of counseling professionals in Augusta between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Augusta has increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Augusta has shrunk, salaries for counseling professionals have increased. Augusta counseling professionals made $59,413 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Augusta made an average salary of $42,944 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Augusta.

Counseling professionals make a median salary of $57,412 per year in Augusta. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $38,452 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 123% higher salaries.

On average counseling professional salaries in Augusta are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Augusta's counseling professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited counseling schools in the city.

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

In 2010 approximately 28 students completed counseling courses.