Exactly 10,490 of the 49,460 gerontology professionals employed in Connecticut, work in Hamden. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of gerontology professionals in Hamden has grown by 7%. As the employment for gerontology professionals in Hamden has increased, overall employment in Hamden has also increased.

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Salaries for gerontology professionals in Hamden have increased. In 2010 Hamden gerontology professionals earned an average yearly salary of $83,966. Four years earlier in 2006, gerontology professionals in Hamden made an average salary of $76,674 per year. The growth in the salary of gerontology professionals in Hamden is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Gerontology professionals make a median salary of $76,972 per year in Hamden. The difference in pay between the gerontology professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 73%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $51,478 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $88,870 per year.

Gerontology professional salaries in Hamden are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Hamden's gerontology professionals are graduates of the only accredited gerontology school in the city.

Hamden's gerontology school offers one gerontology degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 3 students graduated from gerontology courses.