Exactly 2,950 of the 21,140 human services professionals employed in Virginia, work in Norfolk. There has been a 2% growth in the number of human services professionals in Norfolk between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Norfolk has also increased.

• Grey: Virginia
• Dark Yellow: Norfolk

• Light Blue: Human Services in Norfolk
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in Norfolk

As the number of human services professionals in Norfolk has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. In 2010 Norfolk human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $42,420. The average salary for human services professionals in Norfolk was $36,396 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Norfolk is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals in Norfolk make a median yearly salary of $42,264. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,244 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 123% higher salaries.

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

There are 2 accredited human services schools in the city. Many of Norfolk's human services professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Norfolk's human services schools offer 4 human services degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 106 students graduated from human services courses.