Of the 37,680 human services professionals employed in Ohio, 2,170 work in Akron. There has been a 60% growth in the number of human services professionals in Akron between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of human services professionals in Akron has increased, overall employment in Akron has also increased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Akron have decreased. In 2010 Akron human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $36,846. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Akron was $40,060 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Akron.

Human services professionals in Akron earn a median salary of $35,410 per year. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 116%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $24,292 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $52,470 per year.

Akron human services professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Akron's human services professionals are graduates of the only accredited human services school in the city.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in human services offered by Akron's human services schools.

In 2010 approximately 109 students completed human services courses.