Of the 27,270 human services professionals employed in North Carolina, 1,170 work in Hickory. The number of human services professionals in Hickory has grown by 70% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for human services professionals in Hickory has increased, overall employment in Hickory has decreased.

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In Hickory, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 Hickory human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $35,646. Human services professionals in Hickory made a yearly average salary of $33,908, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Hickory is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals in Hickory make a median yearly salary of $33,466. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 78%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $27,650 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $49,284 per year.

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

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

There is one degree and certificate program in human services offered by Hickory's human services school.

Approximately 15 students graduated from human services courses in 2010.