Of the 13,630 human services professionals employed in Louisiana, 240 work in Natchitoches. Between 2006 and 2010, in Natchitoches, there has been a 17% decline in the number of human services professionals. Overall employment in Natchitoches has also decreased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Natchitoches has shrunk, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 Natchitoches human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $40,187. Human services professionals in Natchitoches made a yearly average salary of $28,680, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Natchitoches.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $37,147 per year in Natchitoches. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 137%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,443 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $60,360 per year.

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

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

Natchitoches' human services school offers one human services degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 34 students completed human services courses.