Exactly 12,360 of Minnesota's 31,000 human services professionals work in Northfield. There has been a 2% growth in the number of human services professionals in Northfield between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Northfield has also increased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Northfield has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. In 2010 human services professionals in Northfield reportedly earned an average salary of $47,016 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, human services professionals in Northfield made an average salary of $41,438 per year. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Northfield is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals in Northfield earn a median salary of $45,960 per year. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 117%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $30,190 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $65,616 per year.

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

There is only one accredited human services school in the city. Many of Northfield's human services professionals are graduates of this school.

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

In 2010 approximately 14 students completed human services courses.