Exactly 3,070 of Wisconsin's 10,150 counseling professionals work in Milwaukee. Between 2006 and 2010, in Milwaukee, there has been a 7% decline in the number of counseling professionals. As the employment for counseling professionals in Milwaukee has decreased, overall employment in Milwaukee has increased.

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Salaries for counseling professionals in Milwaukee have decreased. Milwaukee counseling professionals made $44,720 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Milwaukee made an average salary of $46,855 per year. The decline in the salary of counseling professionals in Milwaukee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Milwaukee counseling professionals earn a median yearly salary of $41,554. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,152 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $67,178 per year.

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

There are 2 accredited counseling schools in the city. Many of Milwaukee's counseling professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Milwaukee's counseling schools offer 5 counseling degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 65 students completed counseling courses.