Exactly 1,710 of the 31,000 human services professionals employed in Minnesota, work in Austin. There has been a 28% decline in the number of human services professionals in Austin between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of human services professionals in Austin has decreased, overall employment in Austin has also decreased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Austin has shrunk, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 human services professionals in Austin reportedly earned an average salary of $42,893 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Austin was $39,172 per year. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Austin is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals in Austin earn a median salary of $41,480 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 86%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $31,893 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $59,313 per year.

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

There is only one accredited human services school in the city. Many of Austin's human services professionals are graduates of this school.

There is one degree and certificate program in human services offered by Austin's human services school.

In 2010 approximately 17 students graduated from human services courses.