Of the 64,500 counseling professionals employed in California, 420 work in Scotts Valley. The number of counseling professionals in Scotts Valley has grown by 56% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of counseling professionals in Scotts Valley has increased, overall employment in Scotts Valley has also increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Scotts Valley has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have decreased. In 2010 counseling professionals in Scotts Valley reportedly earned an average salary of $47,715 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Scotts Valley made an average salary of $52,360 per year. The decline in the salary of counseling professionals in Scotts Valley is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals in Scotts Valley make a median yearly salary of $42,725. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,145 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $74,390 per year.

Scotts Valley counseling professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

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

There is one degree and certificate program in counseling offered by Scotts Valley's counseling school.

In 2010 approximately 1 students completed counseling courses.