Exactly 17,250 of the 64,500 counseling professionals employed in California, work in Los Angeles. The number of counseling professionals in Los Angeles has grown by 10% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Los Angeles has also increased.

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Salaries for counseling professionals in Los Angeles have increased. In 2010 counseling professionals in Los Angeles reportedly earned an average salary of $53,422 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for counseling professionals in Los Angeles was $53,234 per year. The growth in the salary of counseling professionals in Los Angeles is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals make a median salary of $47,906 per year in Los Angeles. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 199%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $28,788 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $85,990 per year.

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

There are 11 accredited counseling schools in the city. Many of Los Angeles' counseling professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

There are a total of 18 degree and certificate programs in counseling offered by Los Angeles' counseling schools.

In 2010 approximately 663 students graduated from counseling courses.