Exactly 1,640 of North Carolina's 27,270 human services professionals work in Boone. The number of human services professionals in Boone has grown by 4% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of human services professionals in Boone has increased, overall employment in Boone has also increased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Boone has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. In 2010 human services professionals in Boone reportedly earned an average salary of $35,374 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Boone was $27,683 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Boone.

Human services professionals in Boone earn a median salary of $34,274 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 $25,458 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $47,436 per year.

On average human services professionals in Boone earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Boone.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 104 students completed human services courses.