Exactly 2,420 of California's 91,780 human services professionals work in San Jose. There has been a 32% decline in the number of human services professionals in San Jose between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for human services professionals in San Jose has decreased, overall employment in San Jose has also decreased.

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As the number of human services professionals in San Jose has shrunk, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 San Jose human services professionals earned an average yearly salary of $50,700. The average salary for human services professionals in San Jose was $45,880 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in San Jose.

San Jose human services professionals earn a median yearly salary of $47,080. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $33,048 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $75,792 per year.

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

There are 2 accredited human services schools in the city. Many of San Jose's human services professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

San Jose's human services schools offer 3 human services degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 265 students completed human services courses.