Exactly 230 of the 5,200 human services professionals employed in Mississippi, work in Perkinston. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of human services professionals in Perkinston has grown by 21%. As the employment for human services professionals in Perkinston has increased, overall employment in Perkinston has also increased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Perkinston has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. In 2010 Perkinston human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $36,630. Four years earlier in 2006, human services professionals in Perkinston made an average salary of $32,330 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Perkinston.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $35,600 per year in Perkinston. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 147%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $22,172 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $54,668 per year.

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

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

There is one degree and certificate program in human services offered by Perkinston's human services school.

In 2010 approximately 16 students completed human services courses.