Exactly 700 of Kentucky's 6,170 counseling professionals work in Lexington. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of counseling professionals in Lexington has grown by 35%. As the employment for counseling professionals in Lexington has increased, overall employment in Lexington has also increased.

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In Lexington, salaries for counseling professionals have increased. In 2010 Lexington counseling professionals earned an average yearly salary of $43,265. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Lexington made an average salary of $43,115 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Lexington.

Lexington counseling professionals earn a median yearly salary of $42,120. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 117%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $28,220 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $61,328 per year.

On average counseling professionals in Lexington earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Lexington.

There is only one accredited counseling school in the city. Many of Lexington's counseling professionals are graduates of this school.

Lexington's counseling schools offer 3 counseling degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 71 students graduated from counseling courses.