Of the 22,960 counseling professionals employed in Ohio, 4,550 work in Delaware. Between 2006 and 2010, in Delaware, there has been a 48% growth in the number of counseling professionals. Overall employment in Delaware has also increased.

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Salaries for counseling professionals in Delaware have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $55,660 per year was earned by counseling professionals in Delaware. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Delaware made an average salary of $52,236 per year. The growth in the salary of counseling professionals in Delaware is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals make a median salary of $54,525 per year in Delaware. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 126%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $34,950 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $79,105 per year.

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

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

Delaware's counseling schools offer 2 counseling degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 11 students completed counseling courses.