Exactly 8,220 of the 17,770 human services professionals employed in Maryland, work in Baltimore. The number of human services professionals in Baltimore has shrunk by 6% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for human services professionals in Baltimore has decreased, overall employment in Baltimore has increased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Baltimore have increased. In 2010 Baltimore human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $47,294. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Baltimore was $42,718 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Baltimore.

Human services professionals in Baltimore make a median yearly salary of $45,784. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $29,166 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $67,622 per year.

Human services professional salaries in Baltimore are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Baltimore's human services professionals are graduates of one of the 6 accredited human services schools in the city.

Baltimore's human services schools offer 8 human services degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 554 students graduated from human services courses.