Of the 21,140 human services professionals employed in Virginia, 870 work in Lynchburg. There has been a 71% growth in the number of human services professionals in Lynchburg between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Lynchburg has also increased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Lynchburg have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $36,126 per year was earned by human services professionals in Lynchburg. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Lynchburg was $34,934 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Lynchburg.

Human services professionals in Lynchburg make a median yearly salary of $34,012. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,914 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $50,300 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 515 students completed human services courses.