Exactly 5,050 of the 18,280 counseling professionals employed in New Jersey, work in South Orange. Between 2006 and 2010, in South Orange, there has been a 25% decline in the number of counseling professionals. As the employment for counseling professionals in South Orange has decreased, overall employment in South Orange has increased.

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Salaries for counseling professionals in South Orange have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $63,076 per year was earned by counseling professionals in South Orange. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for counseling professionals in South Orange was $62,180 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in South Orange.

Counseling professionals in South Orange make a median yearly salary of $58,972. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $35,460 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 132% higher salaries.

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

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

There are a total of 9 degree and certificate programs in counseling offered by South Orange's counseling schools.

Approximately 120 students completed counseling courses in 2010.