Of the 20,590 counseling professionals employed in Massachusetts, 510 work in Bridgewater. Between 2006 and 2010, in Bridgewater, there has been a 6% decline in the number of counseling professionals. As the number of counseling professionals in Bridgewater has decreased, overall employment in Bridgewater has increased.

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Salaries for counseling professionals in Bridgewater have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $53,550 per year was earned by counseling professionals in Bridgewater. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for counseling professionals in Bridgewater was $45,124 per year. The growth in the salary of counseling professionals in Bridgewater is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals make a median salary of $50,028 per year in Bridgewater. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 123%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $35,055 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $78,305 per year.

Bridgewater counseling professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Bridgewater'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 Bridgewater's counseling schools.

Approximately 26 students graduated from counseling courses in 2010.