Of the 16,890 human services professionals employed in Connecticut, 3,390 work in Bridgeport. The number of human services professionals in Bridgeport has shrunk by 5% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Bridgeport has also decreased.

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In Bridgeport, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $50,852 per year was earned by human services professionals in Bridgeport. The average salary for human services professionals in Bridgeport was $45,358 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Bridgeport is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Bridgeport human services professionals earn a median yearly salary of $46,524. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 163%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $29,486 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $77,590 per year.

On average human services professional salaries in Bridgeport are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

Bridgeport's human services school offers one human services degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 26 students completed human services courses.