Of the 18,220 counseling professionals employed in Washington State, 2,850 work in Tacoma. There has been a 2% decline in the number of counseling professionals in Tacoma between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of counseling professionals in Tacoma has decreased, overall employment in Tacoma has increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Tacoma has shrunk, salaries for counseling professionals have also decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $51,080 per year was earned by counseling professionals in Tacoma. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Tacoma made an average salary of $52,232 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Tacoma.

Counseling professionals in Tacoma make a median yearly salary of $49,582. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 89%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $36,600 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $69,210 per year.

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

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

Tacoma's counseling schools offer 2 counseling degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 33 students graduated from counseling courses.