Exactly 6,420 of Arizona's 9,560 counseling professionals work in Tempe. The number of counseling professionals in Tempe has shrunk by 11% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of counseling professionals in Tempe has decreased, overall employment in Tempe has increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Tempe has shrunk, salaries for counseling professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $47,122 per year was earned by counseling professionals in Tempe. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for counseling professionals in Tempe was $38,888 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Tempe.

Counseling professionals in Tempe earn a median salary of $45,182 per year. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 109%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $30,880 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $64,456 per year.

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

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

Tempe's counseling schools offer 6 counseling degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 158 students graduated from counseling courses.