Exactly 920 of Massachusetts' 29,320 human services professionals work in Gardner. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of human services professionals in Gardner has grown by 241%. As the employment for human services professionals in Gardner has increased, overall employment in Gardner has decreased.

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In Gardner, salaries for human services professionals have decreased. Gardner human services professionals made $36,370 per year, on average, in 2010. Human services professionals in Gardner made a yearly average salary of $38,893, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of human services professionals in Gardner is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals in Gardner make a median yearly salary of $32,595. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $23,490 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 143% higher salaries.

Gardner human services professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Gardner's human services professionals are graduates of the only accredited human services school in the city.

Gardner's human services schools offer 2 human services degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 25 students completed human services courses in 2010.