Of the 34,570 human services professionals employed in Illinois, 730 work in Peoria. There has been a 39% decline in the number of human services professionals in Peoria between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for human services professionals in Peoria has decreased, overall employment in Peoria has increased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Peoria have increased. In 2010 Peoria human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $38,938. Human services professionals in Peoria made a yearly average salary of $34,440, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Peoria.

Human services professionals in Peoria make a median yearly salary of $36,540. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 151%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $23,154 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $58,140 per year.

Peoria human services professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

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

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

Approximately 18 students completed human services courses in 2010.