Exactly 90 of Alabama's 5,390 counseling professionals work in Florence. Between 2006 and 2010, in Florence, there has been a 0% decline in the number of counseling professionals. As the employment for counseling professionals in Florence has decreased, overall employment in Florence has increased.

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In Florence, salaries for counseling professionals have increased. In 2010 Florence counseling professionals earned an average yearly salary of $54,220. The average salary for counseling professionals in Florence was $37,105 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Florence.

Counseling professionals in Florence earn a median salary of $55,160 per year. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 98%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $36,070 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $71,310 per year.

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

Many of Florence'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 Florence's counseling schools.

In 2010 approximately 18 students completed counseling courses.