Exactly 10,900 of Maryland's 11,910 counseling professionals work in Bowie. There has been a 19% growth in the number of counseling professionals in Bowie between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Bowie has also increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Bowie has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $55,250 per year was earned by counseling professionals in Bowie. The average salary for counseling professionals in Bowie was $54,776 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of counseling professionals in Bowie is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals in Bowie make a median yearly salary of $52,310. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $32,556 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $82,490 per year.

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

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

There are a total of 4 degree and certificate programs in counseling offered by Bowie's counseling schools.

In 2010 approximately 66 students graduated from counseling courses.