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School Counselors - Employment and Outlook

Employment
Major employers:
  • Schools, colleges, and universities
  • Job training services

Outlook
The number of students in school is expected to increase. This will create a greater demand for counselors. In addition, the number of duties counselors have is growing. This means each one must do more. Additional counselors will be needed so that students have access to them. However, growth in this occupation will be limited by school budgets. Counseling programs are some of the first items that are reduced when budgets are cut.

In Illinois, employment of school counselors is expected to grow as fast as average through 2018. About 330 job openings are expected each year.
The table below provides information about the number of workers in this occupation in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.InstructionsNotes

School Counselors (CIS 100288)

Location Employment & Growth >>>> Annual openings



This occupation
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Illinois
 10,029
Large
 &
 12.6%
 8.7%
 >>>>
 329
High
  Bloomington Area
 344
Large
 &
 14.0%
 9.0%
 >>>>
 12
High
  Champaign Area
 443
Very large
 &
 17.8%
 8.7%
 >>>>
 17
Very High
  Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area
 281
Large
 &
 9.6%
 3.0%
 >>>>
 9
High
  Cook County
 4,022
Large
 &
 13.3%
 9.6%
 >>>>
 135
High
  Decatur Area
 92
Large
 &
 8.7%
 6.6%
 >>>>
 3
Moderate
  DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area
 573
Large
 &
 11.5%
 8.9%
 >>>>
 19
High
  Dixon-Ottawa Area
 135
Large
 &
 11.9%
 4.5%
 >>>>
 5
High
  DuPage County
 659
Large
 &
 11.7%
 11.1%
 >>>>
 21
Moderate
  Edwardsville Area
 219
Large
 &
 13.2%
 5.6%
 >>>>
 7
High
  Freeport-Sterling Area
 137
Large
 &
 10.9%
 4.1%
 >>>>
 5
High
  Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area
 129
Large
 &
 9.3%
 4.3%
 >>>>
 4
High
  Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area
 148
Large
 &
 11.5%
 4.9%
 >>>>
 5
High
  Lake County
 512
Large
 &
 12.9%
 9.4%
 >>>>
 17
High
  McHenry County
 192
Large
 &
 9.9%
 7.4%
 >>>>
 6
High
  Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area
 274
Very large
 &
 12.4%
 5.3%
 >>>>
 9
High
  Peoria Area
 184
Large
 &
 15.2%
 9.9%
 >>>>
 7
Moderate
  Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area
 221
Large
 &
 10.9%
 4.3%
 >>>>
 7
High
  Rock Island-Moline Area
 150
Large
 &
 10.0%
 4.9%
 >>>>
 5
Moderate
  Rockford Area
 222
Large
 &
 9.0%
 6.6%
 >>>>
 7
High
  Shawnee National Forest Area
 124
Large
 &
 11.3%
 4.0%
 >>>>
 4
High
  Springfield Area
 286
Large
 &
 12.6%
 7.3%
 >>>>
 10
High
  St Louis-Belleville Area
 278
Large
 &
 7.6%
 5.7%
 >>>>
 8
High
  Vermilion County
 59
Large
 &
 8.5%
 3.8%
 >>>>
 2
Moderate
  Will County
 393
Large
 &
 9.9%
 9.4%
 >>>>
 12
High
United States
 281,400
Large
 &
 19.0%
 14.3%
 >>>>
 113,700
High


    

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