Exactly 170 of the 20,020 counseling professionals employed in Virginia, work in Blacksburg. Between 2006 and 2010, in Blacksburg, there has been a 325% growth in the number of counseling professionals. As the number of counseling professionals in Blacksburg has increased, overall employment in Blacksburg has also increased.

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Salaries for counseling professionals in Blacksburg have decreased. In 2010 counseling professionals in Blacksburg reportedly earned an average salary of $48,875 per year. Counseling professionals in Blacksburg made a yearly average salary of $53,080, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of counseling professionals in Blacksburg is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals in Blacksburg make a median yearly salary of $50,455. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,940 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 155% higher salaries.

Counseling professional salaries in Blacksburg are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Blacksburg'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 Blacksburg's counseling schools.

Approximately 25 students graduated from counseling courses in 2010.