Exactly 2,250 of Louisiana's 13,630 human services professionals work in Baton Rouge. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of human services professionals in Baton Rouge has grown by 48%. Overall employment in Baton Rouge has also increased.

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In Baton Rouge, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 human services professionals in Baton Rouge reportedly earned an average salary of $40,558 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Baton Rouge was $38,622 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Baton Rouge.

Human services professionals in Baton Rouge make a median yearly salary of $38,868. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,374 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $60,020 per year.

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

There are 2 accredited human services schools in the city. Many of Baton Rouge's human services professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Baton Rouge's human services schools offer 3 human services degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 116 students graduated from human services courses.