Exactly 210 of Michigan's 12,250 counseling professionals work in Battle Creek. The number of counseling professionals in Battle Creek has grown by 50% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Battle Creek has decreased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Battle Creek has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have decreased. Battle Creek counseling professionals made $48,085 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Battle Creek made an average salary of $68,255 per year. This decline is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Battle Creek.

Counseling professionals in Battle Creek make a median yearly salary of $45,345. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,145 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 121% higher salaries.

On average counseling professional salaries in Battle Creek are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

There is one degree and certificate program in counseling offered by Battle Creek's counseling school.

Approximately 1 students graduated from counseling courses in 2010.