Exactly 190 of Kansas' 5,980 counseling professionals work in Lawrence. There has been a 21% decline in the number of counseling professionals in Lawrence between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Lawrence has also decreased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Lawrence has shrunk, salaries for counseling professionals have increased. Lawrence counseling professionals made $57,245 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Lawrence made an average salary of $51,917 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Lawrence.

Counseling professionals in Lawrence make a median yearly salary of $51,440. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $35,725 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 160% higher salaries.

On average counseling professional salaries in Lawrence are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

There are a total of 3 degree and certificate programs in counseling offered by Lawrence's counseling schools.

In 2010 approximately 53 students graduated from counseling courses.