Of the 27,290 human services professionals employed in Washington State, 9,860 work in Seattle. There has been a 1% decline in the number of human services professionals in Seattle between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for human services professionals in Seattle has decreased, overall employment in Seattle has increased.

• Grey: Washington
• Dark Yellow: Seattle

• Light Blue: Human Services in Seattle
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in Seattle

As the number of human services professionals in Seattle has shrunk, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $44,538 per year was earned by human services professionals in Seattle. Human services professionals in Seattle made a yearly average salary of $39,964, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Seattle is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $44,694 per year in Seattle. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 106%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $29,036 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $59,776 per year.

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

Many of Seattle's human services professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited human services schools in the city.

There are a total of 5 degree and certificate programs in human services offered by Seattle's human services schools.

In 2010 approximately 235 students graduated from human services courses.