Exactly 260 of the 20,590 counseling professionals employed in Massachusetts, work in Fitchburg. Between 2006 and 2010, in Fitchburg, there has been a 13% growth in the number of counseling professionals. As the number of counseling professionals in Fitchburg has increased, overall employment in Fitchburg has decreased.

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In Fitchburg, salaries for counseling professionals have increased. In 2010 Fitchburg counseling professionals earned an average yearly salary of $51,207. Counseling professionals in Fitchburg made a yearly average salary of $49,620, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of counseling professionals in Fitchburg is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Fitchburg counseling professionals earn a median yearly salary of $49,343. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 188%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $27,427 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $78,957 per year.

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

Many of Fitchburg'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 Fitchburg's counseling schools.

Approximately 23 students completed counseling courses in 2010.