Exactly 1,050 of the 9,720 human services professionals employed in Kentucky, work in Prestonsburg. Between 2006 and 2010, in Prestonsburg, there has been a 7% growth in the number of human services professionals. As the number of human services professionals in Prestonsburg has increased, overall employment in Prestonsburg has also increased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Prestonsburg have increased. Prestonsburg human services professionals made $33,782 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, human services professionals in Prestonsburg made an average salary of $29,790 per year. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Prestonsburg is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $33,260 per year in Prestonsburg. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $21,984 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $46,650 per year.

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

Many of Prestonsburg'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 Prestonsburg's human services school.

Approximately 9 students completed human services courses in 2010.