Exactly 10,900 of Washington DC's 2,940 counseling professionals work in Washington. There has been a 19% growth in the number of counseling professionals in Washington between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of counseling professionals in Washington has increased, overall employment in Washington has also increased.

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Salaries for counseling professionals in Washington have increased. In 2010 counseling professionals in Washington reportedly earned an average salary of $55,250 per year. Counseling professionals in Washington made a yearly average salary of $54,776, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of counseling professionals in Washington is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals in Washington earn a median salary of $52,310 per year. The difference in pay between the counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 153%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $32,556 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $82,490 per year.

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

Many of Washington's counseling professionals are graduates of one of the 6 accredited counseling schools in the city.

Washington's counseling schools offer 11 counseling degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 123 students completed counseling courses in 2010.