Exactly 6,730 of Oregon's 13,420 human services professionals work in Portland. There has been a 7% decline in the number of human services professionals in Portland between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of human services professionals in Portland has decreased, overall employment in Portland has increased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Portland have increased. In 2010 Portland human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $43,230. Four years earlier in 2006, human services professionals in Portland made an average salary of $36,674 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Portland.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $41,664 per year in Portland. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $27,818 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $60,752 per year.

On average human services professional salaries in Portland are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There are 4 accredited human services schools in the city. Many of Portland's human services professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Portland's human services schools offer 6 human services degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 266 students graduated from human services courses in 2010.