Exactly 300 of Louisiana's 13,630 human services professionals work in Monroe. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of human services professionals in Monroe has grown by 30%. As the number of human services professionals in Monroe has increased, overall employment in Monroe has decreased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Monroe has grown, salaries for human services professionals have decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $34,225 per year was earned by human services professionals in Monroe. The average salary for human services professionals in Monroe was $36,697 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Monroe.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $32,410 per year in Monroe. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 110%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $22,885 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $48,145 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 12 students completed human services courses in 2010.