Of the 18,220 counseling professionals employed in Washington State, 190 work in Wenatchee. Between 2006 and 2010, in Wenatchee, there has been a 27% growth in the number of counseling professionals. As the number of counseling professionals in Wenatchee has increased, overall employment in Wenatchee has also increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Wenatchee has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have also increased. In 2010 counseling professionals in Wenatchee reportedly earned an average salary of $44,287 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Wenatchee made an average salary of $40,550 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Wenatchee.

Counseling professionals in Wenatchee make a median yearly salary of $42,230. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,690 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 121% higher salaries.

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

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

Wenatchee's counseling school offers one counseling degree and certificate program.

Approximately 5 students completed counseling courses in 2010.