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

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As the number of human services professionals in Irvine has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. In 2010 Irvine human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $46,816. Four years earlier in 2006, human services professionals in Irvine made an average salary of $41,203 per year. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Irvine is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals in Irvine earn a median salary of $46,074 per year. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $30,262 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $65,248 per year.

Human services professional salaries in Irvine are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

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

Approximately 12 students graduated from human services courses in 2010.