Exactly 70 of the 5,390 counseling professionals employed in Alabama, work in Gadsden. Between 2006 and 2010, in Gadsden, there has been a 75% growth in the number of counseling professionals. As the employment for counseling professionals in Gadsden has increased, overall employment in Gadsden has decreased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Gadsden has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have also increased. Gadsden counseling professionals made $40,130 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for counseling professionals in Gadsden was $31,810 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Gadsden.

Counseling professionals in Gadsden make a median yearly salary of $39,470. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 66%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $30,855 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $51,335 per year.

On average counseling professionals in Gadsden earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Gadsden.

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

Gadsden's counseling school offers one counseling degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 6 students completed counseling courses.