Of the 64,500 counseling professionals employed in California, 17,250 work in Whittier. Between 2006 and 2010, in Whittier, there has been a 10% growth in the number of counseling professionals. Overall employment in Whittier has also increased.

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As the number of counseling professionals in Whittier has grown, salaries for counseling professionals have also increased. Whittier counseling professionals made $53,422 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, counseling professionals in Whittier made an average salary of $53,234 per year. The growth in the salary of counseling professionals in Whittier is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Counseling professionals in Whittier make a median yearly salary of $47,906. The 10% of counseling professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,788 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $85,990 per year.

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

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

There are a total of 3 degree and certificate programs in counseling offered by Whittier's counseling schools.

In 2010 approximately 11 students completed counseling courses.