Exactly 1,220 of the 34,570 human services professionals employed in Illinois, work in Lincoln. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of human services professionals in Lincoln has grown by 12%. Overall employment in Lincoln has also increased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Lincoln have increased. Lincoln human services professionals made $40,928 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, human services professionals in Lincoln made an average salary of $32,874 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Lincoln.

Human services professionals in Lincoln earn a median salary of $38,498 per year. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,434 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $62,402 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 11 students completed human services courses.