Exactly 270 of the 1,250 counseling professionals employed in Wyoming, work in Laramie. There has been a 69% growth in the number of counseling professionals in Laramie between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for counseling professionals in Laramie has increased, overall employment in Laramie has also increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Laramie has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have also increased. In 2010 counseling professionals in Laramie reportedly earned an average salary of $41,600 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for counseling professionals in Laramie was $38,060 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Laramie.

Counseling professionals make a median salary of $39,968 per year in Laramie. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $27,722 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 112% higher salaries.

Counseling professional salaries in Laramie are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 16 students graduated from counseling courses.