Exactly 5,400 of California's 91,780 human services professionals work in Costa Mesa. Between 2006 and 2010, in Costa Mesa, there has been a 28% growth in the number of human services professionals. As the number of human services professionals in Costa Mesa has increased, overall employment in Costa Mesa has decreased.

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In Costa Mesa, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 Costa Mesa human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $46,816. Four years earlier in 2006, human services professionals in Costa Mesa made an average salary of $41,203 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Costa Mesa.

Human services professionals in Costa Mesa make a median yearly salary of $46,074. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 116%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $30,262 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $65,248 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 392 students graduated from human services courses in 2010.