Exactly 670 of the 27,270 human services professionals employed in North Carolina, work in Wilmington. Between 2006 and 2010, in Wilmington, there has been a 37% growth in the number of human services professionals. As the employment for human services professionals in Wilmington has increased, overall employment in Wilmington has also increased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Wilmington has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $36,805 per year was earned by human services professionals in Wilmington. The average salary for human services professionals in Wilmington was $31,293 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Wilmington.

Human services professionals make a median salary of $35,298 per year in Wilmington. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,842 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $49,718 per year.

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

Many of Wilmington's human services professionals are graduates of the only accredited human services school in the city.

Wilmington's human services schools offer 2 human services degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 65 students completed human services courses.