Exactly 730 of Illinois' 34,570 human services professionals work in Springfield. The number of human services professionals in Springfield has grown by 49% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for human services professionals in Springfield has increased, overall employment in Springfield has also increased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Springfield has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. Springfield human services professionals made $42,820 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Springfield was $37,590 per year. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Springfield is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Human services professionals in Springfield make a median yearly salary of $42,104. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $27,510 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $61,258 per year.

On average human services professionals in Springfield earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Springfield.

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

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in human services offered by Springfield's human services schools.

Approximately 59 students completed human services courses in 2010.