2016 IARP Survey on Salary and Impressions of the CORE/CACREP Merger

The following study builds upon prior l’esearch on counseling salary surveys completed by the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC). This specific effort is to determine the current state of salary distribution within the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP). The survey instrument was created by utilizing and building on the existing ACA and CRCC salary surveys in the counseling field and refined with the assistance of a Delphi panel of the IARP members. The Delphi panel that created the survey instrument had an average of 31 years clinical experience in rehabilitation counseling. The survey participants included 412 members of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals who completed the online survey to provide the data to examine the average annual salary and the current demographics of the IARP organization, impressions of the CORE/CACREP merger and the economic impact of disability on earnings capacity.