Exactly 850 of the 91,780 human services professionals employed in California, work in Modesto. There has been a 15% growth in the number of human services professionals in Modesto between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of human services professionals in Modesto has increased, overall employment in Modesto has decreased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Modesto has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. Modesto human services professionals made $43,840 per year, on average, in 2010. Human services professionals in Modesto made a yearly average salary of $39,300, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Modesto.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $43,098 per year in Modesto. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 138%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,938 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $64,165 per year.

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

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

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in human services offered by Modesto's human services schools.

In 2010 approximately 23 students completed human services courses.